Straggly shrub to about 2.5 m tall. Phyllodes oblong to roundish or oblanceolate, mostly 0.5-1.5 cm long, 2-8 mm wide, with 2 glands. Flower heads globular, of 8-20 5-parted flowers, golden; winter to spring. Fruit pods generally twisted and coiled. Syn. A. rotundifolia Hook.

SA, NSW, Qld.

Source: Spencer, R. (2002). Mimosaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 3. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 2. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.