[1] The simple inflorescences occur in pairs in the axils and have spherical flower-heads with a diameter of 3.5 to 4 mm (0.14 to 0.16 in) containing 10 to 30 golden coloured flowers.

The glabrous, tan to dark brown seed pods have a length of 4 to 10 cm (1.6 to 3.9 in) and a width of 3 to 4 mm (0.12 to 0.16 in).

The subglossy dark brown seeds inside the pods have an oblong shape with a length of 4.5 to 6 mm (0.18 to 0.24 in) and have a terminal white aril.

[2] The species was first formally described by the botanist Karel Domin in 1923 as part of the work New Additions to the Flora of Western Australia as published in Vestnik Kralovske Ceske Spolecnosti Nauk, Trida Matematiko-Prirodevedecke.

[3] There are three recognised subspecies: It is native to an area in the Wheatbelt and Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia where it is commonly situated along the margins of salt lakes and salt pans, on flats and plains growing in clay or red sandy soils.