The evergreen, inclined to erect phyllodes are quite straight with a length of 2 to 4 cm (0.79 to 1.57 in) and a width of 1 to 1.5 mm (0.039 to 0.059 in) and narrow abruptly to a pungent and rigid tip.

[1] The simple inflorescences are found in pairs in the axils and have spherical flower-heads with a diameter of 5 to 6 mm (0.20 to 0.24 in) and contain 15 to 20 golden coloured flowers.

[2] The species was first formally described by the botanists Richard Sumner Cowan and Bruce Maslin in 1995 as a part of the work Acacia Miscellany.

Five groups of microneurous species of Acacia (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae: section Plurinerves), mostly from Western Australia as published in the journal Nuytsia.

[3] There are two recognised varieties: It is native to an area in the Wheatbelt and Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia where it is commonly situated on undulating plains growing in sandy, clay or loamy soils.