Acacia genistifolia

Botanical Name: Acacia genistifolia
Common Name: Spreading wattle
Family: Mimosaceae
Size: 0.1-3m H x 1-3m W
Flowers: Yellow balls on a slender stalk, 1-3 together.
Flowering Time: Spring
Fruit: a linear pod, maturing to brown.

Habitat/distribution: Widespread and abundant in dry places as a prostrate or upright straggly, prickly shrub and along roadsides. Also Vic, NSW.
Where to See: Throughout Tasmania, especially dry sclerophyll areas, most lower National Parks and many city bushland parks and gardens.
Other notes: Prostrate form comes true from cuttings; leaves have sharp points, so beware when weeding or pruning.