Shrub, erect, to 2 m high, pubescent on vegetative parts and inflorescence axes, otherwise glabrous. Leaves 10–35 cm long including a terete petiole 10–30 mm long; stipules cordate, persistent; leaflets in 6–15 pairs spaced 15–30 mm apart, oblong to ovate, 30–80 mm long, 10–35 mm wide, slightly increasing medially, broadly acute or obtuse and mucronate; glands between most leaflet pairs, small. Inflorescence dense, of 15–40 flowers, terminal and in upper axils; peduncle 40–80 mm long; pedicels 12–15 mm long; bracts obtuse, yellow, persistent. Petals c. 15 mm long. Fertile stamens 7, with 3 adaxial staminodes; filaments subequal, 2 lateral ones c. 3 mm long, the others c. 2 mm long; anthers unequal, the largest two c. 12 mm long, the others c. 5 mm long. Pod flat, 4–8 cm long, 9–14 mm wide, straight, entire. Seeds dull, with a small areole.
Widely distributed in a range of arid habitats in sand, gravel or lateritic soils, often with Triodia species.
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