The spreading shrub typically grows to a height of 1 to 5 metres (3 to 16 ft) and has multiple stems with a flat topped habit.

It has smooth greenish to gray coloured bark and terete, glabrous or lightly haired branchlets.

The blue-green subcoriaceous filiform leaves have a rachis with a length of 0.5 to 3 cm (0.20 to 1.18 in) that hold two to four pairs of pinnae that are 1 to 4.5 cm (0.39 to 1.77 in) in length that are composed of 4 to 12 pairs of pinnules that have a lanceolate or obovate shape and are 4 to 10 mm (0.16 to 0.39 in) long and 1.5 to 3 mm (0.059 to 0.118 in) wide.

[3] The simple inflorescences are found in groups of 3 to 25 in a panicle or along an axillary raceme along an axis with a length of 1 to 8 cm (0.39 to 3.15 in).

The pods are constricted between each of the seeds and have a length of 4 to 11.5 cm (1.6 to 4.5 in) long and 4 to 8 mm (0.16 to 0.31 in) wide and covered in a white powdery coating.