Description ³

The bushy erect pungent shrub typically grows to a height of 0.5 to 3 metres (2 to 10 ft) with Branchlets that are ribbed, glabrous or sparsely appressed-puberulous with straight hairs. Stipules are present only on young fresh shoots. The truck and braches have smooth green or brown bark. The leathery leaves have phyllodes or are sessile, patent to ascending, inequilateral basally, subulate-linear, elliptic in shape and straight to recurved. They are mostly 2 to 5 centimetres (0.8 to 2.0 in) in length and 2 to 10 millimetres (0.08 to 0.39 in) wide.

It blooms from July to October and produces yellow flowers. The inflorescences are simple with 1–3 per axil and peduncles which are 4 to 12 mm (0.16 to 0.47 in) long, Heads are globular with a 4 to 5 mm (0.16 to 0.20 in) diameter, containing 30-50-flowers that have a deep golden color. The flowers are pollinated by many different species of insects. A moderate of seeds will be produced during favourable seasons. The green-brown pod forms later, it is a linear shape and is slightly raised over the seeds. The pod is approximately 50 mm (2.0 in) long and contains between 10 and 15 of mostly viable black seeds. The valves of the pod

will recurve once the seed is shed, usually in December

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Tony Rebelo, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Tony Rebelo
2. (c) Ian McMaster, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Ian McMaster
3. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acacia_cochlearis

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Atlas of Living Australia
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• eFloras.org
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• World Flora Online

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