[3] The evergreen flat dull phyllodes have a rhomboid-orbicular shape and are up to 2 centimetres (0.8 in) in length and width and have one prominent major vein.

[2] The simple axillary flower-spikes are usually solitary or occur in pairs and have large spherical deep golden-yellow flower-heads.

Following flowering brown seed pods form that have an oblong shape and are around 8 cm (3 in) in length and 12 millimetres (0.472 in) wide.

[3] The species was first formally described by the botanist Ferdinand von Mueller in 1874 in the work Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae.

[2] It is found along watercourses,[4] on rocky hillsides and valley floors and walls growing in shallow red sandy soils.