Phyllodes linear or subulate, cylindrical or slightly flattened, with thin septa, 1–35 cm long, 0.5–5 mm wide. Umbel 2–10-flowered; peduncle 6–45 mm long; pedicels 2–10(–22) mm long; inflorescence recurving with fruit set. Petals usually purple, c. 1 mm long. Fruit ellipsoid, 1.5–3.5 mm long, 1–2 mm wide; mericarp with acute dorsal and intermediate ribs and two obtuse corky lateral ribs. Flowers summer.
LoM, MuM, Wim, GleP, Brid, VVP, VRiv, MuF, GipP, OtP, WaP, Gold, CVU, GGr, DunT, NIS, EGL, EGU, WPro, HSF, HNF, MonT, VAlp. Also SA, Qld, NSW, Tas. Occasional in the southern half of the State, where growing in or around pools, lakes, streams, and rivers, and on saline flats.
