The free portion of each phyllode has a lanceolate to narrowly triangular shape and is straight or very shallowly incurved with a length of 1 to 5.5 centimetres (0.4 to 2.2 in).

[1] Each racemose inflorescences has globular head of a 10 to 15 mm (0.39 to 0.59 in) diameter containing 60 to 70 densely packed golden flowers.

Taxonomy of some Western Australian phyllocladinous and aphyllodinous taxa (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae) as published in the journal Nuytsia.

It was reclassified by Leslie Pedley in 2003 and Racosperma pterocaulon then transferred back to the current genus in 2006.

[2] The species is confined to a small area between Morawa and Three Springs where it is found on rocky hill slopes where growing in clay-loam or sandy-loam soils.