 Flowers and 'leaves' (var. aneura). Australian Plant Image Index, photographer Murray Fagg, Australian National Botanic Gardens, ACT |
 Pods (var. aneura). Photographer Don Wood, Scotia Sanctuary, NSW |
 Flowers and 'leaves' (var. intermedia). Photographer Don Wood, Scotia Sanctuary, NSW |
__501308_010511_DW.jpg) Flowers and 'leaves' (var. major). Photographer Don Wood, planted at Scotia Sanctuary |
__501308_010511_DW.jpg) Pods and 'leaves' (var. major). Photographer Don Wood, planted at Scotia Sanctuary |
 Tree (var. intermedia). Photographer Don Wood, Scotia Sanctuary |
Common Name
Mulga
Family
Fabaceae
Notes
Shrub or tree to 10m tall. ‘Leaves’ alternating up the stems, linear to flat, 1-13mm wide, hairy or hairless, occasionally sticky, edges smooth. Flower heads yellow, cylindrical, single, the stalks arising from the bases of the 'leaves'.
Acacia aneura var. aneura has 'leaves' that are 3-9.5cm long, and less than 2.3mm wide, and the pods are wingless or the wings less than 0.4mm wide.
Acacia aneura var. intermedia has 'leaves' that are 3-9cm long and 2.5-6mm wide, and 20-45 times as long as wide, the pods have a wing at least 1mm wide, and the; and the hairs on the branchlets do not obscure the longitudinal ribs.
Acacia aneura var. major has 'leaves' that are 2-8cm long and 2.5-13mm wide, and 3.5-25 times longer than wide, the pods have a wing at least 1mm wide, and the hairs on the branchlets obscure the longitudinal ribs.
Description and photo (as Acacia aneura var. aneura) in G.M. Cunningham, WE Mulham, PL Milthorpe and J H Leigh (1981 and later printings) Plants of Western New South Wales page 346
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Acacia~aneura
Description and line drawings of the three subspecies in the CD Wattle
World Wide Wattle line drawings and photos (Acacia aneura): http://www.worldwidewattle.com/imagegallery/image.php?p=0&l=a&id=3217&o=1
World Wide Wattle line drawings and photos (Acacia aneura var. major): http://www.worldwidewattle.com/imagegallery/image.php?p=0&l=a&id=19840&o=1