Flowers in late bud. Photographer Don Wood, Scotia Sanctuary, NSW

Flowers and 'leaves'. Photographer Joe Stephens, Scotia Sanctuary, NSW

Pods. Photographer Joe Stephens, Scotia Sanctuary, NSW

Tree. Photographer Don Wood, Scotia Sanctuary, NSW

Bark. Photographer Don Wood, Scotia Sanctuary, NSW

Common Name

Cabbage Tree Wattle, Boree, Broad-leaved Nealie

Family

Fabaceae

Notes

Tree or shrub 2-8m tall.  ‘Leaves’ alternating up the stems, 5-13cm long, 2-4mm wide, flat, scurfy, with minute hairs, edges smooth, with a straight more or less sharp point.  Flower heads yellow, spherical, in 2-5 headed clusters or racemes, 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 356

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

World Wide Wattle line drawings and photos:  http://www.worldwidewattle.com/imagegallery/image.php?p=0&l=c&id=23593&o=1