The obconic shrub or tree typically grows to a height of 3 to 5 metres (9.8 to 16.4 ft) and has a bushy domed crown.

[1] The green linear lanceolate shaped phyllodes have a length of up to 14 cm (5.5 in) and a width of 5 mm (0.20 in).

The simple axillary inflorescences are solitary and have small spherical yellow flower-heads.

[2] The smooth, brown and linear shaped seed pods that form after flowering can be straight or curved and have a length of up to 12 cm (4.7 in) and a width of 5 mm (0.20 in).

[2] It is endemic to some small areas on the Flinders Range in South Australia near Hawker in the south to around Mount Harris in the north and also around Wilgena much further to the west where it is found on ridges, stony slopes and along watercourses growing in shallow calcareous loamy soils as a part of tall open scrubland communities[1]