Acacia mucronata subsp. longifolia

Shrub or small tree to 5 m high. Phyllodes usually narrow-linear, sometimes elliptic to obovate, (7–)9–20cm long, 1–6(–12)mm wide, mostly broadest near or below middle, commonly straight, thickish, usually acute, mucronate, glabrous or sparsely covered in appressed hairs; veins 3–4, often 1 much more prominent than others, reticulations often conspicuous; gland c. 5–15 mm above axil. Spikes 1–6 cm long, solitary or twinned, creamy white or pale yellow; rachis visible between flowers, with appressed hairs; peduncles less than 7 mm long. Flowers 4-merous, distant; sepals united, glabrous. Pods linear, 6–12 cm long, 2–5 mm wide, slightly constricted between seeds; seeds elliptic, 3–5 mm long, funicle thin, short, folded 2–3 times, aril turbinate. Flowers usually Aug.–Dec.