Flowers and 'leaves'. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer Murray Fagg, SW of Wagga Wagga

Flowers and 'leaves'. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer Murray Fagg, about 40km W of Young, NSW

Shrubs. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer Murray Fagg, about 40km W of Young, NSW

Common Name

Hakea Wattle, Western Black Wattle, Hakea-leaved Wattle

Family

Fabaceae

Notes

Shrub or tree 1-6m tall.  'Leaves' alternating up the branches, 4-12cm long, 3-12mm wide, flat, sometimes linear, hairless, with a rounded tip.  Flower heads yellow, globular, in 20-27 flowered 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 362

PlantNET description with line drawings and photos:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Acacia~hakeoides

World Wide Wattle line drawings and photos:  http://www.worldwidewattle.com/imagegallery/image.php?p=0&l=h&id=3359&o=1