Common Name

Spinebush; Pinbush; Wait-a-while

Family

Fabaceae

Notes

Shrub 1-4m tall. ‘Leaves’ alternating up the stems, 1-4cm long, 1-1.5mm diameter, more or less narrow cylindrical, hairless, and with a sharp point. Flower heads yellow, spherical, in pairs, the stalks arising from the bases of the 'leaves'. Rare Vic.

Differs from Acacia nyssophylla in that the 'leaves' have 8 strongly raised paler longitudinal veins, and the gland is at the base of the 'leaf'.

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 357-358

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

World Wide Wattle line drawings and photos: http://www.worldwidewattle.com/imagegallery/image.php?p=0&l=c&id=3264&o=1