Acacia sporadica

Shrub to c. 3 m high, largely reproducing by root suckers; brachlets glabrous. Phyllodes obovate to elliptic, 2.5–6.5 cm long, 8–32 mm wide, usually slightly asymmetric, glaucous, obtuse, sometimes with a short point; faintly to moderately prominently pinnately veined, midrib and marginal veins very prominent; gland 2–20 mm above pulvinus, margin often shallowly indented at gland which is not obviously connected to midrib by a lateral vein. Racemes sometimes in panicles; rachis 1.5–7 cm long, glabrous; peduncles 3–6 mm long, glabrous; heads globular, 15–25-flowered, bright lemon-yellow. Flowers 5-merous; sepals united. Pods to 9 cm long, 10–15 mm wide, thinly coriaceous; seeds transverse, oblong to elliptic, 4–5 mm long, slightly shiny, black, funicle pale brown, aril clavate. Flowers Jul.–Sep.