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

Flowers and 'leaves'. Photographer Chris Lindorf, Ned's Corner Station, Lake Cullulleraine, Vic

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

Old shrub. Photographer Don Wood, Scotia Sanctuary, NSW

Tree. Photographer Don Wood, Scotia Sanctuary, NSW

Common Name

Middia, Miljee; Nelia; Umbrella Bush; Umbrella Wattle; Whyacka; Curly Yarran

Family

Fabaceae

Notes

Shrub or tree to 8m tall.  ‘Leaves’ alternating up the stems, 1-12cm long, 1-15mm wide, cylindrical to flat, hairy when young, becoming hairless, edges smooth, with a straight often sharp point.  Flowers yellow, flower heads spherical, the flower stalks arising from the bases of the 'leaves', borne singly, in pairs, or in short racemes.  Vulnerable Vic.

Description and photo of flowers and 'leaves' in G.M. Cunningham, WE Mulham, PL Milthorpe and J H Leigh (1981 and later printings) Plants of Western New South Wales page 368

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

World Wide Wattle line drawings and photos:  http://www.worldwidewattle.com/imagegallery/image.php?p=0&l=o&id=3473&o=1