Tufted perennial to 30 cm tall; stems with moderately dense, crisped hairs, occasionally some spreading, sometimes glabrate. Leaves ovate in outline; stipules 1-3 mm long; petiole 1-2 mm long; gland with stipe 0.3-0.7 mm long; head discoid or somewhat obconic, 0.2-0.7 mm diam.; rachis 5-12 mm long; leaflets 4-12 pairs, narrowly oblong, 4-6.5 mm long, 0.6-1.2 mm wide, glabrous or with scattered, long hairs beneath. Inflorescences 1-flowered, ±axillary; pedicels 5-20 (-30) mm long. Sepals shorter than petals. Petals 4-9 mm long. Stamens (4-) 5; anthers 1.5-4.5 mm long. Ovary appressed-pubescent; style short, often flared. Pod to 35 mm long, 3-4 mm wide, sparsely appressed-pubescent.
It has been recorded from shallow, rocky soils derived from sandstone or granite, and from red basaltic soils, in eucalypt woodland.
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