Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Acacia oswaldii
Common name
Umbrella Wattle, Umbrella Bush, Miljee, Nelia, Middia, Curly Yarran, Whyacka
Family
Fabaceae
Where found
Dry forest, woodland, mallee, shrubland, and grassy areas. Western Slopes mainly west of the Olympic Highway.
Notes
Shrub or tree 0.5–8 m tall. Fleshy seed stalks/arils. 'Leaves' often with a sharp point. Seeds with fleshy yellow to orange arils. Bark rough, finely fissured, dark grey. Branchlets angled at the extremities, soon cylindrical, hairy, resinous. ‘Leaves’ alternating up the stems, 1-12 cm long, 1-15 mm wide, cylindrical to flat in cross section, surfaces hairy when young, becoming hairless, occasionally somewhat glaucous, tips sharp pointed, or blunt with a mucro. 1 marginal gland at the base. Flower heads yellow, globular, 4.5–8 mm in diameter, 5–16-flowered, (easiest seen in late buds), single or in pairs. Flowering: October–January. Pods strongly curved or twisted or coiled 1–2 times, leathery to woody.
Vulnerable Vic. Listed in Flora and Fauna Act, Vic.
Family was Mimosaceae.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Acacia~oswaldii (accessed 28 April 2021)
World Wide Wattle line drawings, photos, and description: http://worldwidewattle.com/imagegallery/image.php?p=0&l=o&id=-4627&o=1
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