[1] The slender willowy shrub or tree typically grows to a height of 2 to 5 metres (7 to 16 ft).

[3] The feather like phyllodes[2] are large made up of two to five pairs of pinnae with the larger being 25 to 80 millimetres (1.0 to 3.1 in) in length.

[3] The species was first formally described by the botanist John Lindley in 1833 as part of the work The Botanical Register[3] using specimens collected around the Swan River Colony by James Drummond.

[3] There is two recognised subspecies: It is native to an area in the South West and Great Southern regions of Western Australia.

[3] Other associated species include Agonis flexuosa, Allocasuarina decussata and Chorilaena quercifolia as well as a host of wild flowers.