Acacia alpina

Erect or widely spreading shrub, 1–2 m high. Phyllodes obovate or suborbicular, commonly asymmetric, 1.5–3.5 cm long, 8–25 mm wide, coriaceous, mostly minutely mucronate; primary veins 2–4, secondary veins reticulate, conspicuous; gland small or obscure, 2–9 mm above axil. Spikes 1–2 per axil, cylindric to obloid, 5–15 mm long, pale yellow; rachis glabrous; peduncle 1–3 mm long. Flowers 4-merous, few, scattered; sepals united, pubescent. Pods moniliform, gently curved or coiled, 3–8 cm long, 3.5–6 mm wide, dark, sometimes glaucous; seeds narrowly elliptic, 3.5–5 mm long, funicle folded 3–8 times, aril turbinate. Flowers (May–)Oct.–Nov.