About Acacia brunioides A.Cunn. ex G.Don
Acacia brunioides A.Cunn. ex G.Don is an erect or spreading shrub that usually reaches a height of 0.5 to 2.5 meters (1 foot 8 inches to 8 feet 2 inches). It bears crowded, spirally arranged, straight or slightly curved cylindrical phyllodes that measure 2.5–12 mm (0.098–0.472 in) long and 0.4–1 mm (0.016–0.039 in) wide, with a color ranging from green to roughly glaucous.
Its inflorescences are 7–9 mm (0.28–0.35 in) in diameter, arranged singly in phyllode axils on a 5–11 mm (0.20–0.43 in) long peduncle. Each inflorescence holds 20 to 27 flowers that are roughly white to bright yellow. Flowering takes place in August and September, and the fruit is a papery to thin leathery pod 15–60 mm (0.59–2.36 in) long and 6–15 mm (0.24–0.59 in) wide.
This Acacia species grows in forest and heath habitats in areas north of the Glen Innes district. Subspecies brunioides is common on rocky outcrops in the Gibraltar Range and Washpool National Parks, on and near the McPherson Range, and near the Tooloom and Urbenville areas. Subspecies granitica is only found at higher altitudes near Stanthorpe and Wallangarra.
