Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Acacia genistifolia
Common name
Early wattle, Spreading wattle
Family
Fabaceae
Where found
Dry forest, woodland, heath, and roadsides. Ranges, tablelands, ACT, and the Western Slopes. Coastal south of Eden and north of Sydney.
Notes
Shrub to 3 m tall. Fleshy seed stalks/arils. Bark smooth. Branchlets ribbed, angled at the tips, mostly hairless. Sharp-pointed 'leaves'. 'Leaves' alternating up the stems, 1-8 cm long, 1-3 mm wide, more or less rigid, straight to slightly curved, cylindrical or 4-angled, surfaces hairless, 'leaves' tapering abruptly to a sharp point. Stipules about 1 mm long, sometimes falling early. 1 marginal gland near the base.. Flower heads pale cream to yellow, globular, 12-30 flowered (easiest seen in late buds), 4-8 mm in diameter, single or in pairs. Flowers Autumn to Spring.
Family was Mimosaceae.
All native plants on unleased land in the ACT are protected.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Acacia~genistifolia (accessed 27 April 2021)
World Wide Wattle line drawings, photos, and description: http://www.worldwidewattle.com/imagegallery/image.php?p=0&l=g&id=20573&o=1
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