Acacia cyanophylla, Lindley

9. A. cyanophylla Lindley View in CoL , Bot. Reg. 25 (Mise.)’. 45 (1839)

( A. saligna auch, non (Labili.) Wendl. fil.).

Tree up to 10 m; bark smooth, grey, later greyish-brown and fissured. Twigs glaucous, pendent. Phyllodes 10-20(-35) x 0-6-2(-3) cm (up to 8 cm wide, ovate, undulate, on suckers), linear to lanceolate, not or scarcely falcate, subacute, more or less glaucous, 1-veined. Capitula 10-15 mm in diameter, in short racemes of 2-6. Flowers bright yellow. Legume 60-120 x 4-8 mm, compressed, distinctly constricted between the seeds, glaucous when young, later brownish. Funicle short, whitish. Planted for stabilizing coastal dunes, and also for ornament; naturalized in S. Europe. [Co Ga Gr Hs It Lu Sa Si.] (Western Australia.) Commonly mistaken for A. saligna (Labili.) H. L. Wendl. , which has smaller capitula.