Description
Acacia binervia grows as a shrub to small tree anywhere from 2 to 16 m (7–50 ft) high. The bark is dark brown to grey in colour, and the elliptic to sickle-shaped (falcate) phyllodes are 6–15 cm (2.4–6 in) in length and 0.5–2.3 cm (0.2–1 in) wide. The cylindrical yellow flowers appear in spring (August to October). Flowering is followed by the development of 6–8 cm long seed pods, which are ripe by December.
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