The flowers of this shrub produce a sweet nectar and is enjoyed not only by birds, but also by Aboriginals who suck the flowers as a sweet treat. They also steep the flowers in water to make a sweet or mildly intoxicating drink.

The erect shrub grows to about 4 metres high and is sometimes referred to by the local Indigenous people as the Wattle Tree Honey. The flower is a golden yellow to orange. The racemes is large, cylindrical shape, opening from the base and can grow up to about 15 cm long. The stalk of the flower cluster are densely hairy and sticky. It has grey-green ascending linear leaves 10-25 cm long. The leaves are simple, striate, grooved below due to revolute margins. There are 2 subspecies.