Common Name

Wilhelm's Wattle; Dwarf Nealie; Mist Wattle

Family

Fabaceae

Notes

Shrub 1-3m tall. ‘Leaves’ alternating up the stems, 1-3cm long, 1-4mm wide, flat to linear, occasionally flattened cylindrical, hairless, sticky, sometimes mealy, edges smooth, with a straight or curved point. Flower heads yellow, spherical, the flower stalks arising from the bases of the 'leaves', borne singly or in pairs.

Differs from Acacia sclerophylla var. sclerophylla in that the branches and 'leaves' are resinous and sticky, and the flower stalks are densely yellow hairy.

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 375

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

World Wide Wattle line drawings and photos: http://www.worldwidewattle.com/imagegallery/image.php?p=0&l=w&id=23871&o=1