Acacia mucronata

Acacia mucronata is a shrub or small tree in the family Fabaceae growing up to about 5 m high. Its phyllodes vary among subspecies; in subspecies longifolia they are usually more than 9 cm long and acute, the small pointed tip giving rise to the specific epithet (mucronata meaning ‘pointed’). The pale yellow to creamy-white flowers are borne in loose spikes 1–6 cm long, solitary or paired, with peak flowering in spring from August to December in its native range. The species is native to south-eastern Australia, where it is widespread and common in Tasmania and Victoria south of the Great Dividing Range. It grows as an understorey species in eucalypt forest and woodland, or as a dominant in scrub communities, on a range of soils.