Acacia rivalis J.M.Black

Obconic shrub or tree 3–5 m high; crown bushy and domed. Branchlets ultimately pendulous, normally glabrous. Phyllodes ±linear, 4–14 cm long, 2–5 mm wide, acute to acuminate and often curved towards apex, thin, glabrous, 1-nerved per face, finely penninerved; gland 15–40 mm above pulvinus. Inflorescences racemose; raceme axes 2–5 cm long, slender, sparsely to moderately appressed-puberulous, with hairs dense and pale golden when young; peduncles 4–10 mm long, with indumentum as on raceme axes; heads globular, densely 30–40-flowered, bright yellow; bracteoles bright golden-fimbriolate. Flowers 5-merous; sepals united to near apex, with lobes bright golden-puberulous. Pods ±moniliform, to 16 cm long, 4–4.5 mm wide, firmly chartaceous to thinly coriaceous, glabrous. Seeds longitudinal, oblong to elliptic, 5-6 mm long, ±dull, black; funicle ½–¾ encircling seed in a single fold, red-brown; aril clavate.

It grows beside streams. It requires well drained soils. The soil can be of light to medium texture. They will grow in light shade or full sunlight. They are drought and frost tolerant. They can grow on alkaline soils.

The seeds are ground and eaten.

It is grown from seed.