Fat-leaved Wattle  |  

The Fat-leaved Wattle (also known as Fat-leaf Wattle) is a dense, smooth, light-green shrub. It grows up to 1–2 m in height and often spreads 2–3 m across. Multiple ascending, arching branches extend from just above ground level or from ground level. The branchlets are smooth and reddish-brown, with thin bark that is pale grey at the base of the stems. The phyllodes (modified leaf stems) are 1–3.5 cm long, 2–3 mm in diameter and can be straight or hooked and cylindrical or somewhat compressed. They are rigid, thick, fleshy and light green in colour. The surface of the phyllodes becomes wrinkled and grooved when dry, and the apex ends abruptly with a hard, thick point. The flower-heads are simple and usually solitary or twin, though sometimes have up to four heads. They are smooth and deep yellow, with 20–30 individual flowers.