The glabrous and somewhat resinous shrub typically grows to a height of 2 to 3 metres (6.6 to 9.8 ft) and has a bushy, rounded habit.

It branchlets have small rounded protuberances and crowded, light green, linear to narrowly oblong shaped flat phyllodes that are straight or incurved.

The simple inflorescences occur singly in the axils and have spherical flower-heads that contain 25 to 35 deep lemon yellow coloured flowers.

The black seeds have an oblong-elliptic shape with a length of 4 to 5 mm (0.16 to 0.20 in) and a cream coloured clavate aril.

[1] It is a disjunct distribution and is endemic to a small area in the Carnarvon Range in south eastern Queensland and around 300 km (190 mi) further south between Djuan and Karara where it is found in dissected sandstone country in skeletal soils as a part of open woodland communities.