Acacia floribunda (Vent.) Willd.

Shrub or tree, 2–8 m high, 2–15 m wide, spreading. Branches commonly pendulous, angular, often pubescent. Stipules inconspicuous or absent. Phyllodes linear to narrowly lanceolate, 5–19 cm long, 1.5–12 mm wide, acute and often mucronulate, thin and pliable, with 1–3 primary veins; secondary veins 6–10, parallel, anastomosing; gland absent; pulvinus present. Inflorescences with very short peduncles; spikes solitary or twinned, interrupted, 2–8 cm long; bracteoles absent or if present then deltoid and less than 0.5 mm long. Flowers loosely packed, 4-merous; sepals united. Pods subcylindrical, ± constricted between seeds, mostly straight, 6–12 cm long, 2–4 mm wide, chartaceous. Seeds elliptic, 3–5 mm long, glossy, brown; funicle folded about 4–8 times; aril small, irregularly thickened.

Grows mainly in coastal sclerophyll communities, often in sandy soil and common along the banks of streams.

Commonly cultivated.