A common coastal tree or shrub like most members of the genus, the mature plant does not have true leaves but has leaf-like flattened stems called phyllodes. In A. sophorae the phyllodes are oval shaped between 5 and 10 cm long with prominent longitudal veins. The bright yellow flowers occur in the axils of the phyllodes as elongated spikes up to 50 mm long. Flowering is mainly in late winter and spring. Seed pods produced in early summer; strongly curved

At a glance

Habitat Coastal
Size 5 m high and 15 m or more wide
Origin Native
Distribution Ranges from SE Qld through eastern N.S.W. to the southern Eyre Penin. in S.A. and toTasmania
Descriptions
Distribution
Ranges from SE Qld through eastern N.S.W. to the southern Eyre Penin. in S.A. and toTasmania
Habitat
Coastal
Size
5 m high and 15 m or more wide

Identification

Shrub to 5 m high (often low shrub, c. 0.5–3 m high, on exposed coastal foredunes), to 15 m or more wide, spreading, tangled, rarely erect. Phyllodes elliptic to narrowly elliptical (sometimes obovate to oblanceolate), 5–12 cm long, 10–30 mm wide, rounded obtuse or sometimes with a small mucronate point, subcoriaceous, sometimes fleshy, often yellowish green. Pods commonly coiled or contorted, sometimes drawn out into long beak, often firmly coriaceous.
Common Name Coastal Wattle
Aliases Boobyalla, Coast Wattle, Wadanguli (Cadigal),
Origin Native
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Classification

Classification

KingdomPlantae
PhylumCharophyta
ClassEquisetopsida
SubclassMagnoliidae
SuperorderRosanae
OrderFabales
FamilyFabaceae
GenusAcacia
SpeciesAcacia longifolia
SubspeciesAcacia longifolia subsp. sophorae
Synonyms

Synonyms

Acacia longifolia var. sophorae (Labill.) Benth.
Acacia sophorae (Labill.) R.Br.
Racosperma sophorae (Labill.) Mart.
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