Appearance
The shrub can have a bushy or straggly habit and typically grows to a height of around 2.5 m . It has glabrous or hairy branchlets that are angled at extremities. Like most species of ''Acacia'' it has phyllodes rather than true leaves. The glabrous or hairy, evergreen phyllodes often have an asymmetric oblong-elliptic, broadly obovate or circular shape and have a length of 0.4 to 1.5 cm and a width of 2 to 8 mm with an obscure or absent midrib obscure or absent.. It blooms, usually prolifically, between July and November producing spherical flower-heads with a diameter of 4 to 4.5 mm containg 8 to 20 golden coloured flowers. After flowering glaborous, crustaceous seed pods form that are circinnate to spirally coiled or irregularly twisted. The pods have a width of 3 to 4.5 mm with longitudinally arranged seeds inside. The shiny dark brown seeds have an oblong shape and a length of 4 to 5 mm with a clavate aril that can be half as long as the seed.
Distribution
It is endemic and common throughout most of Victoria, south eastern South Australia, south eastern New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. It is often found in hilly country and grows well in sand, sandy loam and gravelly soils as a part of ''Eucalyptus'' woodlands, woodland heath and open mallee scrubland communities.They are a hardy, free-flowering species with very specific soil requirements. The requirements are that the soil is well-drained and non-saline, although it can tolerate many different types.
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