Acacia triptera

Spreading intricate shrub or tree, to 4 m high. Phyllodes broadly decurrent, mostly lanceolate, 1.5–4 cm long, 5–10 mm wide, flat, curved, pungent-pointed; veins numerous, fine or sometimes rather obscure, mostly parallel, occasionally adjacent veins coalescing; gland small, less than 6 mm above axil. Spikes 1–3 per axil, bright yellow; rachis glabrous, often glaucous; peduncles 3–6 mm long. Flowers 4-merous, densely packed; sepals united, glabrous. Pods narrow-linear, mostly coiled, 2.5–8 cm long, 2–4 mm wide, somewhat contracted between the seeds; seeds c. 4 mm long, funicle short, aril fleshy. Flowers Aug.–Nov.