Acacia suaveolens (Sm.) Willd.

Slender, sparingly branched shrub usually 1–3 m high. Branchlets acutely angled to flat, sometimes pruinose, glabrous. Phyllodes ascending to erect, narrowly linear to linear-oblanceolate or very narrowly elliptic, frequently shallowly incurved, (4–) 7–14 (–15) cm long,(1–) 2–10 (–12) mm wide, l: w = 12–25, narrowed at base, mucronate, thin to moderately coriaceous, glabrous; midrib prominent; lateral veins absent or obscure; glands not prominent, 0–2 mm above pulvinus, normally also at base of mucro. Inflorescences 6–12-headed racemes; raceme axes 1–3 cm long, enclosed when young by conspicuous imbricate bracts; peduncles 3–5 mm long, to 10 mm in fruit, slender, glabrous; heads globular, 3–10-flowered, usually ± white to cream or lemon yellow; bracteoles absent. Flowers 5-merous; sepals free, narrowly linear. Pods oblong, 2–5 cm long, 1–2 cm wide, thinly coriaceous-crustaceous, purplish brown to blue-black, pruinose, glabrous. Seeds transverse, elliptic, 6–7 mm long, shiny, black; aril brown-black.

It is a warm temperate and subtropical plant. It occurs naturally in south eastern Australia. It prefers sandy soils. It does best in an open sunny position but can grow in light shade. It is drought and frost resistant. It grows well in coastal positions but cannot tolerate salt spray. It suits hardiness zones 9-11. Tasmania Herbarium. Arboretum Tasmania.

The young seeds are steamed and eaten. The pods are not eaten, The seeds can be cooked in the pod then removed. The leaves have been used as tea. They can be used fresh or dried.

It is grown from seed. The seed need treatment to break the hard seed coat. Normally this is by putting the seeds in very hot water and letting the water cool down overnight then planting the seeds immediately. It can be pruned after flowering. It can be grown from cuttings.