Family: Mimosaceae

Scientific name: Acacia mucronata subsp. longifolia (IDCHECK)

Common Name: Longleaf Caterpillar Wattle

Distribution: Tasmania, Victoria, New South Wales

General Information: Erect shrub, phyllodes narrow-linear with more than 1 longitudinal vein, apex blunt with small spine/point. Flowers loose, pale yellow spikes from September to November.

Specimen: Private garden, Mountain River area, Tasmania.

Source:

Gray, A 1990 'A Field Key to Native and Naturalised Acacia Species in Tasmania', Greening Australia, Hobart.

Launceston Field Naturalists Club 2008 'A Guide to Flowers & Plants of Tasmania', 4th Edition, Reed New Holland, Chatswood.