| Acacia verniciflua | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Genus: | Acacia |
| Species: | A. verniciflua |
| Binomial name | |
| Acacia verniciflua A.Cunn.[1] |
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Acacia verniciflua, commonly known as Varnish Wattle, is a shrub or small tree species that is endemic to Australia.[2] It has an erect or spreading habit, growing to between 1 and 6 metres high, The phyllodes are often sticky and lustrous and vary in length, width and shape. The globular pale-yellow flowerheads appear in the leaf axils from July to November, followed by seedpods that are up to 10 cm long and unconstricted. These contain shiny black seeds.[3][2]
Three forms identified in the Flora of Victoria (1996) have since been assigned to other species as follows:
The species occurs in dry sclerophyll forest in South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland.[2]