 It has long and thin red to orange brown coloured branchlets that are straight or arch downwards and are sparsely to moderately covered with soft long hairs and have setaceous to narrowly triangular stipules with a length of .Like most species of "Acacia" it has phyllodes rather than true leaves.The crowded, patent and evergreen phyllodes have a narrow triangular shape resembling a spearhead and taper to a sharp point.