[1][2] The viscid and spreading shrub typically growing to a height of 1 to 4 metres (3 to 13 ft).

The phyllodes have an oblique arrangement and a linear-obovate shape, typically 1 to 5 centimetres (0.4 to 2.0 in) in length and 1.2 to 7 millimetres (0.05 to 0.28 in) wide.

[2] The species was first formally described by the botanist Ferdinand von Mueller in 1859 as part of the work Contributiones ad Acaciarum Australiae Cognitionem published in the Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Botany.

[3] The plant will grown in red sand, loam and clay soils, it is found on plains and stony hills.

It is usually part of in open Eucalypt and Acacia woodland, low scrub or spinifex grassland.