Shrub to 3 m tall; branchlets usually sparingly appressed-pubescent but sometimes glabrous, often pruinose. Leaves: stipules narrowly ovate, to 3.5 mm long, 1 mm wide; rachis 0.5-6 (-8) cm long, sparingly appressed-pubescent or glabrous; leaflets 3-19, lanceolate, elliptic or narrowly obovate-oblong, acuminate apically, 0.8-3 cm long, 3-9 mm wide, glabrous or with scattered, uncinate hairs above, subglabrous or with scattered, appressed hairs below. Sepals 10-16 mm long, with appressed or spreading hairs, sometimes erect, uncinate hairs present. Petals 1.5-2 cm long, 1-1.5 cm wide. Pod 2-3.4 cm long, 7-9 mm wide, glabrous or with scattered, appressed or uncinate hairs on margins.
Occurs on sandplains, stony ridges, in skeletal soils, along dry watercourses and in creek beds.