[2] It blooms from April to July and produces yellow flowers.

[1] The simple inflorescences occur singly in the axils with large spherical flower-heads containing 22 to 35 densely packed golden flowers.

The crustaceous, hairy seed pods that form later have a narrowly oblong shape with a length of 3 to 7 cm (1.2 to 2.8 in) and width of 6 to 7 mm (0.24 to 0.28 in) that contain mottled broadly elliptic seeds.

[2] There are two recognised subspecies: It is native to an area in the Wheatbelt and Peel regions of Western Australia where it is commonly situated in low lying areas growing in gravelly or sandy soils.

[1] The range of the plant extends from around Eneabba in the north down to around Mundijong in the south and out to around also Wongan Hills and Newdegate in the east.