Flowers and 'leaves'. Australian Plant Image Index, Photographer Murray Fagg, near Manangatang, Vic

Shrub. Australian Plant Image Index, Photographer Murray Fagg, near Manangatang, Vic

Trees. Australian Plant Image Index, Photographer S Donaldson, near Roto, NSW

Common Name

Yarran, Myall

Family

Fabaceae

Notes

Shrub or tree to 15m tall.  'Leaves' alternating up the stems, 5-10.5cm long, 5-25mm wide, flat, hairless or sparsely hairy, with smooth edges and tips rounded to pointed and often with a straight to curved point.  Flower heads yellow, globular, in 1-5 headed clusters or racemes, often 2 clusters based in one leaf base, the stalks arisng from the bases of the 'leaves'.  Vulnerable Vic.

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

World Wide Wattle line drawings and photos:  http://www.worldwidewattle.com/imagegallery/image.php?p=0&l=m&id=23737&o=1