[1][2] The shrub or tree typically grows to a maximum height of 4 m (13 ft) and has dark red coloured minni ritchi style bark.

The phyllodes have a length of 3.5 to 9 cm (1.4 to 3.5 in) and a width of 0.5 to 2 mm (0.020 to 0.079 in) and are covered in yellowish hairs that lie flat on the surface.

[3] The cylindrical flower-spikes are 2 to 4 cm (0.79 to 1.57 in) in length and densely packed with bright yellow flowers.

The villous and viscid pods are 4 to 9 cm (1.6 to 3.5 in) in length and contain longitudinally arranged seeds.

The black-brown seeds have an oblong-elliptic shape with a small dark areole that is surrounded by a closed pleurogram and a pale halo.