[1] It is glabrous and slightly resinous with grey to brownish coloured branchlets that have tuberculate-ribs making it appear quite bumpy.
The evergreen slender and incurved phyllodes have a length of 1 to 2 cm (0.39 to 0.79 in) and a width of 0.3 to 0.5 mm (0.012 to 0.020 in) with no obvious nerves showing.
After flowering flat and linear firmly chartaceous seed pods form thar have a length of 3 to 6 cm (1.2 to 2.4 in) and a width of 3 to 4 mm (0.12 to 0.16 in).
The seeds inside are arranged longitudinally and have an oblong shape with a length of 4 to 5 mm (0.16 to 0.20 in).
[2] The shrub has a limited distribution in the central region of Queensland to the south of Theodore in the Isla Gorge National Park where it is found on hillsides, ridge tops and other places growing in sandstone based soils as a part of open Eucalyptus woodland communities.