Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

Acacia bynoeana

Common name

Tiny wattle, Bynoe's wattle

Family

Fabaceae

Where found

Dry forest and heath, often in disturbed situations. Ranges and tablelands north from Morton National Park west of Jervis Bay. Coastal north from west of Nowra.

Notes

Sprawling shrub to 1 m tall. Fleshy seed stalks/arils. 'Leaf' tips more or less sharp. Branchlets ribbed, becoming cylindrical, and hairy or rough. 'Leaves' alternating up the stems, clustered in poor specimens, 0.5-8 cm long, 1-4 mm wide, straight to slightly curved, at first hairy with coarse hairs and later more or less hairless, 3 longitudinal veins prominent. Flower heads globular, yellow, 10-25 flowered (easiest seen in late buds), 3-4 mm in diameter. Flowers Spring to Autumn. 

Family was Mimosaceae.

Vulnerable Australia. Endangered NSW. Provisions of the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 No 63 relating to the protection of protected plants generally also apply to plants that are a threatened species.

NSW Threatened Species profile with photo:  http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/threatenedspeciesapp/profile.aspx?id=10006 (accessed 29 April 2021)

PlantNET description:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Acacia~bynoeana  (accessed 29 April 2021)

World Wide Wattle line drawings, photos, and description: http://www.worldwidewattle.com/imagegallery/image.php?p=0&l=b&id=23585&o=1