Shrub to 3 m high, root-suckering. Branchlets not pruinose, glabrous. Phyllodes obovate to oblanceolate, occasionally some almost elliptic, usually slightly asymmetric, 2.5–6.5 cm long, (7–) 10–25 (–32) mm wide, obtuse, glaucous, glabrous, with prominent midrib and marginal nerves, penninerved; gland 5–20 mm above pulvinus, infrequently connected to midrib by an obscure oblique nerve. Inflorescences racemose; raceme axes 1.5–7 cm long, glabrous; peduncles 3–6 mm long, glabrous; heads globular, 15–25-flowered, bright lemon-yellow. Flowers 5-merous; sepals united. Pods ±oblong, rarely constricted between seeds, 4–9 cm long, 10–17 mm wide, thinly coriaceous. Seed transverse, oblong to elliptic, 4–5 mm long, slightly shiny, black; funicle pale brown; aril clavate.