The dense, spreading shrub with a rounded habit typically grows to a height of 1 to 3 metres (3.3 to 9.8 ft)[3] and often wider.

The grey-green flat phyllodes have an obliquely oblanceolate to obovate shape with a length of 3.5 cm (1.4 in) and a width of 15 mm (0.59 in).

It blooms between July and November producing axillary inflorescences composed of two to five spherical bright yellow flower-heads.

After flowering long, dark brown seed pods form that are straight to slightly curved with a length of around 7 cm (2.8 in) and a width of about 6 mm (0.24 in).

[4] The plant is distributed widely throughout semi-arid parts of south eastern Australia from around Yalata in the west to around Bendigo in Victoria in the east and as far north as Nymagee in New South Wales where it is found growing in many different soil types and often part of mallee communities.