Graceful wattle

Acacia decora, commonly known as graceful wattle, western silver wattle or pretty wattle, is an evergreen shrub or small tree in the family Fabaceae endemic to eastern Australia, where it occurs across inland New South Wales, southern Queensland and northern Victoria. It typically grows 1 to 5 m tall with a spreading, often multi-stemmed habit and slightly arching branches. As with most Australian acacias, the true leaves are reduced and the plant bears phyllodes in their place; these are narrowly lanceolate to oblanceolate, 4 to 9 cm long, somewhat curved, grey-green to silvery, with a single prominent longitudinal nerve and a small marginal gland near the base. From late winter through spring the shrub produces axillary racemes of bright golden-yellow globose flower heads, each composed of numerous small fragrant flowers. The fruit is a flat, somewhat constricted brown pod 4 to 10 cm long containing several dark seeds with conspicuous arils. It is widely cultivated as an ornamental for its hardiness and prolific spring display.