Flowers and 'leaves'. Photographer Joe Stephens, Scotia Sanctuary, NSW

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

Pods. Photographer Joe Stephens, Scotia Sanctuary, NSW

Tree. Photographer Don Wood, Scotia Sanctuary, NSW

Bark. Photographer Don Wood, Scotia Sanctuary, NSW

Common Name

Nealia; Nelia; Nealie; Broken Hill Gidgee; Myall

Family

Fabaceae

Notes

Tree 3-10m tall.  ‘Leaves’ alternating up the stems, 5-11cm long, 1-2mm wide, flat to narrow cylindrical, hairy, with smooth edges and a curved point.  Flowers heads yellow, spherical, in short 2-6 headed clusters or racemes, the stalks arisng from the bases of the 'leaves'.  Acacia loderi shrublands are an endangered community in NSW.  Rare SA.  Vulnerable Vic.

Description and photos in G.M. Cunningham, WE Mulham, PL Milthorpe and J H Leigh (1981 and later printings) Plants of Western New South Wales page 365-366

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

NSW Department of Environment & Heritage profile: http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/threatenedspeciesapp/profile.aspx?id=10017

World Wide Wattle line drawings and photos:  http://www.worldwidewattle.com/imagegallery/image.php?p=0&l=l&id=23722&o=1