Flowers and 'leaves'. Photographer Don Wood, south coast, NSW

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

Pods. Photographer Russell Best, near Gisborne, Vic

Shrub. Australian Plant Image Index, Photographer Murray Fagg, W of Avoca, Vic

Common Name

Varnish Wattle

Family

Fabaceae

Notes

Shrub or tree to 8m tall. 'Leaves' alternating up the stems, 2-15cm long, 1.5-30mm wide, hairless, the main nerves sometimes hairy, sticky with resin dots, edges smooth or hairy, with a short stiff point. Flower heads creamy yellow to golden, globular, in clusters of 1-3, or 2-6 headed 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 374

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

World Wide Wattle line drawings and photos:  http://www.worldwidewattle.com/imagegallery/image.php?p=0&l=v&id=23860&o=1