The shrub or tree typically grows to a maximum height of and has dark redcolouredminni ritchistyle bark. It has angular branchlets with slightly hairy ridges. Like most species of Acacia it has phyllodes rather than true leaves. The evergreen phyllodes have a linear shape that tapers slightly towards the base and can be slightly curved. The phyllodes have a length of and a width of and are covered in yellowishhairs that lie flat on the surface. They have one prominent nerve found near the dorsal margin and another two less prominent longitudinal nerves. It blooms between May and July producing golden flowers. The cylindrical flower-spikes are in length and densely packed with bright yellow flowers. The greenish-brown seed pods that form after flowering have a linear shape and are constricted between each seed. The villous and viscid pods are in length and contain longitudinally arranged seeds. The black-brown seeds have an oblong-elliptic shape with a small darkareole that is surrounded by a closed pleurogram and a pale halo.