Spreading, tangled, rarely erect shrub to 5 m high and 15 m or more wide. Phyllodes linear or narrowly elliptic, 5–12 cm long, 10–30 mm wide, subcoriaceous, sometimes fleshy, rounded-obtuse or sometimes with a small mucronate point, often yellowish-green. Pods commonly coiled or contorted, often somewhat coriaceous and sometimes drawn out into a long beak. Flowers Jul.–Oct.
Wim, GleP, Brid, VVP, VRiv, GipP, OtP, WaP, CVU, GGr, DunT, EGL, WPro, HSF, OtR, Strz. Widespread in coastal sand-dunes and nearby heaths and woodlands, possibly invading the hinterland; also occurring in Grampians.
See A. oxycedrusfor notes about hybrids with that species.
Source:
Entwisle, T.J.; Maslin, B.R.; Cowan, R.S.; Court, A.B. (1996). Mimosaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 3, Dicotyledons Winteraceae to Myrtaceae, pp. 585–658. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
