Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Acacia obtusata
Common name
Blunt-leaf wattle, blunt wattle
Family
Fabaceae
Where found
Dry forest and woodland, sometimes on moist sites. Coastal south of Cobargo. Ranges and tablelands. Occasionally on the Western Slopes.
Notes
Shrub to 3 m tall. Fleshy seed stalks/arils. Branchlets angled or flattened towards the tips, hairless, often dark reddish. 'Leaves' alternating up the stems, 2.5-11 cm long, 2-20 mm wide, hairless, somewhat glaucous, midvein and marginal veins prominent, tips blunt or pointed, bases with one side longer than the other. Margin distinctly notched or angled at the gland, 1–4 cm above the base. Flower heads yellow, globular, 15-28 flowered (easiest seen in late buds), 3-6.5 mm in diameter, in elongated clusters of 2-14 flower heads. Flowers Winter to Spring.
Family was Mimosaceae.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Acacia~obtusata (accessed 27 April 2021)
World Wide Wattle photos, line drawings and description: http://www.worldwidewattle.com/imagegallery/image.php?p=0&l=o&id=23758&o=1
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