Flowers and 'leaves'. Photographer Michelle Brown, Scotia Sanctuary, NSW

Pods and 'leaves'. Photographer Don Wood, Scotia Sanctuary, NSW

'Leaves' showing curved point. Photographer Don Wood, Scotia Sanctuary, NSW

Shrub. Photographer Don Wood, Scotia Sanctuary, NSW

Bark, old tree. Photographer Michelle Brown, Scotia Sanctuary, NSW

Common Name

Sandhill Wattle; Small Cooba; Umbrella Bush; Dune Wattle; Wirra

Family

Fabaceae

Notes

Shrub or tree to 5m tall.  ‘Leaves’ alternating up the stems, 3-10cm long, 4-14mm wide, flat, hairless, edges smooth, with a straight or curved point.  Flower heads golden, spherical, 2-6 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 page 365

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

World Wide Wattle line drawings and photos:  http://www.worldwidewattle.com/imagegallery/image.php?p=0&l=l&id=3419&o=1