The narrowly elliptic to linear or linear-oblanceolate shaped glabrous to resinous phyllodes are straight to slightly curved with a length of 2.5 to 5 cm (0.98 to 1.97 in) and a width of 2 to 5 mm (0.079 to 0.197 in) and has a prominent midvein with faint lateral veins.

The simple inflorescences occur singly in the axils and have spherical to ovoid shaped flower-heads with a diameter of 4.5 to 7 mm (0.18 to 0.28 in) containing 20 to 30 bright yellow flowers.

[2] The species was first formally described by the botanist Leslie Pedley in 1980 as part of the work A revision of Acacia Mill.

It was reclassified as Racosperma ixodes by Pedley in 1987 then transferred back to genus Acacia in 2001.

[2] The shrub has a wide distribution through central New South Wales extending into Queensland.