Acacia lanigera var. gracilipes

Branchlets densely covered in more or less patent or subappressed hairs. Phyllodes narrowly elliptic, 3.5–4 cm long, 3–4(–6)mm wide, acute to mucronate, pungent to coarsely pungent; gland basal or nearly so, often obscured by dense indumentum extending from pulvinus. Peduncles 6–9 mm long, glabrous; heads globular, c. 5 mm diam. Flowers Aug.–Sep.