[3] The ascending to erect phyllodes are straight to shallowly incurved with a length of 1 to 6 cm (0.39 to 2.36 in) and a width of 1 to 5 mm (0.039 to 0.197 in).

[2] The golden-yellow spherical flowers are prolifically produced in the leaf axils.

[4] The species was first formally described by the botanist John Lindley in 1838 as part of Thomas Mitchell's work Three Expeditions into the interior of Eastern Australia.

It was briefly reclassified as Racosperma sclerophyllum by Leslie Pedley in 2003 then transferred back to the genus Acacia in 2006.

[3][4] The hardy and attractive species are often used for hydroseeding on roadside that can grow in a variety of soils.