Acacia drummondii

The erect and compact shrub[2] typically grows to a height of 0.3 to 1.8 metres (1.0 to 5.9 ft)[3] and to a similar width. The branches are thin and reddish and appear close to the ground. It has mid-green to slightly bluish green ornamental foliage. The leaves face upward from the stem and are well divided but not feathery with a length of around 2.5 centimetres (1.0 in).[2] It blooms between June and October producing inflorescences with yellow flowers.[3] A single flowerspike forms per axil, the spikes are 2 to 4 cm (0.8 to 1.6 in) in length with a soft appearance with clear canary yellow scentless flowers.[2]

The species was first formally described by the botanist John Lindley in 1839 as part of the work A Sketch of the Vegetation of the Swan River Colony. It was reclassified by Leslie Pedley in 2003 as Racosperma drummondii then transferred back to the genus Acacia in 2006.[4]

The species name honours James Drummond, the Government Naturalist of the Swan River Colony.[2]

It has a disjunct distribution extending north from the Wheatbelt region south to the Great Southern region around Albany. It is found in a variety of habitat including among granite outcrops, in gullies and low lying areas and on hillsides and grows well in sandy and gravelly soils often around laterite.[3] It often forms part of the understorey in the forests and woodland communities.[2]

• List of Acacia species