A erect, low shrub to about 2.5 m in height which usually branches from or near its base. It produces oblong, typical wattle-type flowers of yellow to bright yellow or golden to orange-yellow. Its leaves are normally green to bright green but may on occasion become grey-green. It occurs naturally in the Kimberley region of WA and extends into the NT as far as Willaroo. Like most wattles, it is bird attracting.