Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Acacia gunnii
Common name
Ploughshare wattle, Ploughshare, Dog's tooth wattle
Family
Fabaceae
Where found
Dry forest and woodland, often on ridges and stony sites. Western Slopes, ranges, tablelands, and the ACT. Kosciuszko National Park.
Notes
Shrub to 2 m tall or sprawling. Sharp-pointed 'leaves'. Branchlets more or less cylindrical, hairy with stiff hairs, occasionally hairless, often scurfy. 'Leaves' scattered, usually triangular, 0.4-1.5 cm long, 1.5-5 mm wide, hairless or hairy with fine hairs, midvein prominent, sometimes towards the lower margin. 1 gland, usually on the upper margin and forming a prominent gland-angle. Flower heads cream to yellow, globular, 20-30 flowered (easiest seen in late buds), 4-8 mm in diameter. Flowers Winter to Spring. Pods deeply constricted between the seeds,
Was Acacia vomeriformis.
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~gunnii (accessed 27 April 2021)
World Wide Wattle line drawings, photos, and description: http://www.worldwidewattle.com/imagegallery/image.php?p=0&l=g&id=20576&o=1
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