The spinescent shrub typically grows to a height of 0.2 to 0.6 metres (0.7 to 2.0 ft)[1] with hairy, intricate branchlets with axillary spines that are 8 to 18 mm (0.31 to 0.71 in) in length which occur singly in the nodes.

[1] The simple inflorescences are found over halfway up an axillary spine and have spherical flower-heads containing 13 to 25 yellow coloured flowers.

The glabrous seed pods that form after flowering have a length of 3 to 8 cm (1.2 to 3.1 in) and a width of 7 to 12 mm (0.28 to 0.47 in) and are sometimes covered in a fine white powdery coating.

[2] It is native to an area in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia where it is typically found on sandplains growing in sandy soils.

[1] It has a disjunct distribution with population found near Toodyay, Cervantes and Eneabba where it is usually a part of heathland or Corymbia calophylla forest communities.