The straight cylindrical seed pods that form following flowering are tapered at each end are up to 13.5 cm (5 in) in length with a diameter of 8 to 10 mm (0.31 to 0.39 in).

[4] The type specimen was collected by the botanist William Vincent Fitzgerald in 1903 in the area between Cue and Mount Magnet.

It is found in southern Queensland, western New South Wales, the southern parts of the Northern Territory, northern and central South Australia and the Goldfields and the Mid West regions of Western Australia, often occurring in red sandy[1] and loamy sandy soils in swales.

It is also found on shallow stony soils among with outcrops of laterite and can form dominant stands on the southern and eastern ends of its range.

It can be grown in a full sun or partly shaded position in alkaline or neutral sandy or loamy soils.

The dry mature seeds could also be ground into a flour then mixed with water and eaten as a paste or cooked as a damper.