The dense shrub typically grows to a height of 0.4 to 2 metres (1 to 7 ft) and has a rounded habit.

[2] It blooms from July to October[1] producing simple inflorescences with globular heads with a diameter of 3 to 4 mm (0.12 to 0.16 in) containing 10 to 25 yellow flowers.

[2] The species was first formally described by the botanist William Vincent Fitzgerald in 1912 is the work New West Australian Plants published in the Journal of Botany, British and Foreign.

[3] There are two varieties: A. eremophila closely resembles Acacia densiflora.

[2] It is native to an area in the Wheatbelt and the Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia.