Unarmed shrub or small tree up to 6 m high; young branchlets densely grey-pubesÂcent. Leaves phyllodic, apparently simple, glaucous, mostly 1,5-4 x 1-2 cm, ovate to elliptic or elliptic-oblong, often oblique, with a single main longitudinal nerve and finely but distinctly penninerved, sparingly to densely pubescent, with 1 or 2 marginal glands. Inflorescences capitate, in axillary racemes which are usually longer than the phyllodes, mostly terminal. Flowers bright yellow; peduncles pubescent, up to 7 mm long. Calyx less than half as long as the corolla, pubescent apically. Petals ± free, hirsute. Pods brown, glabrous or pubescent, 4-8,5 x 1,5-2 cm, straight or almost so, flattened, margins often ± undulate, dehiscing longiÂtudinally. Seeds dark brownish-black, 6-7 x ± 3,5 mm, smooth, compressed; caruncle conspicuous; areole 3,5-4 x i 1,5 mm.
