Flowers and 'leaves'. Photographer Don Wood, Scotia Sanctuary, NSW

Flowers and 'leaves'. Photographer Don Wood, planted at Scotia Sanctuary, NSW

Pods and 'leaves'. Photographer Don Wood, Scotia Sanctuary, NSW

Shrub. Photographer Don Wood, Scotia Sanctuary, NSW

Common Name

Harrow Wattle

Family

Fabaceae

Notes

Shrub 30cm-2m tall.  Branchlets sharp tipped.  ‘Leaves’ alternating up the stems or opposite each other.  'Leaves' 0.2-8cm long, to 4mm wide, flat to almost linear, hairy, edges smooth, with a straight to curved point.  Flower heads yellow, spherical, single, the stalks arising from the bases of the 'leaves'.  Endangered NSW.  Protected NSW.

Description and photo (as Acacia acanthoclada) in GM Cunningham, WE Mulham, PL Milthorpe and JH Leigh (1981 and later printings) Plants of Western New South Wales page 352

PlantNET description:   http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=in&name=Acacia~acanthoclada~subsp.+acanthoclada

NSW Department of Environment & Heritage profile:  http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/threatenedspeciesapp/profile.aspx?id=10001

World Wide Wattle line drawings and photos:  http://www.worldwidewattle.com/imagegallery/image.php?p=0&l=a&id=16159&o=1