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Yellow, fluffy, all along stems. Ferny appearance to leaves. Long thorns along stems.
Late Winter, Spring
Particularly prominent in the first two years following a fire
Bridgetown, South West Region, Western Australia and occurs through the Mid West, Wheatbelt, Great Southern and South West regions
Acacia neurophylla, Wodjil, or Broad-leaf Wodjil
Elongated golden blooms along the stem tips. Foliage elongated phyllodes with
midrib and multiple parallel veins, terminating in a point.
Wide bushes with multiple stems reach to five metres high, densely covered
in elongated golden blooms in season. Seeding stage not seen.
August
Petrudor locality, in the Dalwallinu Shire between Pithara
and Kalannie. Grows from near Shark Bay, through the Mid West and Wheatbelt, and scattered across the Goldfields region.
Acacia orbifolia, Round-leaf Wattle, Round-leaf Acacia, Round-leaf Mulga
Generally white or cream blooms with yellow pollen, flowers
yellow in some areas, single flowers on long stems (peduncles) from the leaf joint. Phyllodes round to truncate, irregular,
and with a spine at one apex. A shrub growing to 1.5 metres with shrub spreading wider than high. Seeding stage not seen.
August
Wongan
Hills, Wheatbelt region, and found mostly in the Wheatbelt from Coorow to Corrigin.
A profusion of loosely packed golden blooms on a low multi-stemmed shrub, stems are striated. No foliage visible
on the stems, but bipinnate foliage is sometimes present at base of stems (above right). Buds develop behind prominent bracts (at
right). Seeding stage not seen.
August
Caron Dam, Perenjori Shire and Konnongorring, Goomalling Shire. Grows through the
Mid West and northern Wheatbelt, with outliers in the Goldfields and further south in the Wheatbelt.
Acacia rigens, Nealie, Needle Wattle, Needlebush Acacia, Nealia, Nilyah
Bright yellow flowers close to the stem, with two or more at
each leaf joint. Foliage long and slender terete (cylindrical) phyllodes which may be straight or curved, to a spine at the
tip which also may be straight or slightly curved. Phyllodes are multi-veined, with a yellowish tone to these nerves. Dome shaped
shrubs are multi-branched and are generally from one to three metres, but have been recorded up to six metres. Curly seed pods,
which were not seen.
August
Acacia saligna subsp. Southern Forest (ie variant cyanophylla), Orange Wattle, Golden Wreath Wattle Blue Leaf Wattle, Blue Leaved Wattle, Blue-leaf Wattle, Blue-leafed Wattle, Blue-Leaved Wattle, Golden Willow Wattle, Golden-wreath Wattle, Port Jackson Wattle, Port Jackson Willow, Weeping Wattle, Western Australian Golden Wattle, Western Wattle, Willow Wattle, Cujong, Coojong, Kudjong, Kileyung, Kalyung, Quonert, Wuanga, and Biytch.
An Acacia tree with large sized (1.2 centimetres) round blooms in a
golden colour in loose clusters of up to ten blooms on each flower stalk. Long leaves have short leaf stalks.
Acacia steedmanii subsp steedmanii, Southern Steedman's Wattle
A medium sized shrub with golden blooms on short stems along the branchlets
at the ends of each stem. Elongated oval leaves with a point at the tip. Seeding stage not seen.
August
Near Moorine Rock (above)
and Boorabbin National;Park (at right) in the eastern Wheatbelt Shire of Yilgarn. Found mainly in a circle roughlybetween Bruce Rock, Forestania, Bulla Bulling (West of Coolgardie) and Paynes find, with a few outliers north west of this.
