About Acacia mitchellii Benth.
Acacia mitchellii Benth., commonly known as Mitchell's wattle, is an erect or spreading shrub endemic to Australia. It grows up to 2 metres in height and has small bipinnate leaves. Its pale yellow, globular flowerheads appear in groups of 1 to 3 in the axils of the phyllodes. After flowering, it produces straight or curved seed pods that measure 1.8 to 5 cm long and 4 to 8 mm wide. This species was first formally described by English botanist George Bentham in 1842, published in the London Journal of Botany. The description was based on a specimen collected during Thomas Mitchell's expedition through the interior of New South Wales. It is found near Mount Gambier in South Australia, in central and western Victoria, and on the Northern Tablelands of New South Wales. It grows on sandy or gravelly soils in heathland and open woodland.
