About Acacia prominens A.Cunn. ex G.Don
Acacia prominens (common name not given) is a plant formally described as Acacia prominens A.Cunn. ex G.Don. It most commonly grows to a height of 5 to 9 meters (16 to 30 feet), and may occasionally reach 20 to 25 meters (66 to 82 feet). Its branchlets are hairless and angled at their tips, and it has smooth grey bark. Like most Acacia species, it has phyllodes instead of true leaves. These phyllodes range in color from grey-green to grey-blue, and are hairless to sparsely hairy. They have a narrowly elliptic to narrowly oblong-elliptic shape, and are roughly straight. The phyllodes measure 2.5 to 6 centimeters (0.98 to 2.36 inches) long and 5 to 12 millimeters (0.20 to 0.47 inches) wide, with a prominent midvein. It blooms between July and September, producing inflorescences grouped 5 to 25 at a time in an axillary raceme. The flower-heads are spherical, 3 to 5 millimeters (0.12 to 0.20 inches) in diameter, and hold 8 to 15 lemon yellow to pale yellow flowers. This species is endemic to southeastern Australia, where it is native to New South Wales and also found in Victoria. In New South Wales, it occurs from the Hunter Valley in the northwest to the Gosford and Sydney areas in the southeast. It commonly grows in damp, sheltered locations in loamy or clay soils, along rainforest margins or as part of wet sclerophyll forest communities. It is naturalised in parts of central Victoria, including the goldfields, greater Grampians, Gippsland Plain and northern inland slopes.
