Flowers and 'leaves'. Photographer Don Wood, Scotia Sanctuary, NSW

Flowering stems. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer Murray Fagg, Mt Annan Botanic Garden near Camden, NSW

Pods. Photographer Don Wood, Scotia Sanctuary, NSW

Flowering shrub. Photographer Don Wood, Scotia Sanctuary, NSW

Tree. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer Murray Fagg, near Mootwingie, NSW

Common Name

Burkitt's Wattle; Sandhill Wattle; Pin Bush; Gunderbluey; Fine Leaf Jam

Family

Fabaceae

Notes

Shrub or tree 1-4m tall. ‘Leaves’ alternating up the stems, 5-16cm long, to 2mm wide, linear to flat or quadrangular or narrow cylindrical, with smooth edges and a curved point.   The basal part of the 'leaves' hairless, the top (apical) part with very short hairs.  Flower heads yellow, cylindrical or elliptical, in pairs, the stalks arising from the bases of the 'leaves'.

Description and photo in G.M. Cunningham, WE Mulham, PL Milthorpe and J H Leigh (1981 and later printings) Plants of Western New South Wales page 348

PlantNET description:   http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Acacia~burkittii

World Wide Wattle line drawings and photos:  http://www.worldwidewattle.com/imagegallery/image.php?p=0&l=b&id=3248&o=1