Flowers and 'leaves'. Photographer Don AW Carlson, site not stated.

Pods and 'leaves'. Australian Plant Image Index, Photographer Murray Fagg, Tibooburra, NSW

Tree. Australian Plant Image Index, Photographer Murray Fagg, Currawinya National Park, Qld

Bark. Photographer Don AW Carlson, site not stated.

Common Name

Balkura, Belalei, River Cooba, Dunthy, Eumong, Gooralee, Gurley, Ironwood, Munumula, River Myall, Black Wattle, Dalby Wattle, Native Willow

Family

Fabaceae

Notes

Tree 4-20m tall. 'Leaves' alternating up the stems, usually hanging down. 'Leaves' 14-40cm long, 2-7mm wide, linear to flat, hairless to hairy, with smooth edges and a straight or curved point. Flower heads creamy white to pale yellow, globular, in 1-6 headed clusters or racemes, the stalks arisng from the bases of the 'leaves'.

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 pages 372-373

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

World Wide Wattle line drawings and photos:  http://www.worldwidewattle.com/imagegallery/image.php?p=0&l=s&id=3556&o=1