WAIT-A-WHILE. Acacia colletioides. The photo shows the twisted seed pods.

WAIT-A-WHILE. Acacia colletioides shrub. The species occurs across all southern mainland Australian States, south of Shark Bay, in arid and semi-arid areas.

SUGAR BROTHER. Acacia coolgardiensis occurs southwards from the Murchison through the northern and eastern wheatbelt as far south as Hyden and eastwards into the goldfields.

This plant was about 2.5 m tall.

SUGAR BROTHER. Acacia coolgardiensis can be a shrub or a tree to 7 m tall. The flower spikes typically occur in pairs.

Acacia deficiens in Salmon Gum woodland.

This photo shows some phyllodes and the narrow wings on the stems. Acacia deficiens does not always have many phyllodes.

Acacia deficiens was found in Salmon Gum woodland.

It is an inland species which extends north to Kalannie, west to Williams, south to east of Esperance and east to the eastern goldfields.

Acacia deficiens showing slightly winged stems. This characteristicoccurs in what is known as 'the Westonia variant'.

Acacia dielsii has loose dull yellow flower heads. It is an inland species and a Western Australian endemic. It mostly occurs in a fairly narrow band from the Murchison River Crossing (of Great Northern Highway) to Lake King, including some of the wheatbelt.

Acacia dielsii is a low sprawling shrub with erect but soft-textured phyllodes which have a small spine at the tip.

Acacia eremophila var. eremophila is a dense and spiky shrub which can grow to about 2 m high. It is within the densiflora group of similar acacias.

Acacia eremophila var. eremophila occurs inland - in much of the Wheatbelt, the eastern Goldfields, and into adjacent station country. It is a Western Australian endemic.

Acacia erinacea is a spreading prickly wattle shrub with bright yellow flowers, A brown pod can be seen at the top of the photo. The shrub can grow to 1.5 m high.

Acacia erinacea. The photo shows a very straggly wattle shrub with reddish flower buds, one brown seed pod and two flower heads.

Acacia erinacea is a spiky wattle shrub showing bright yellow flowers plus a few phyllodes and spikes.

This is a widespread species occurring mostly within a line from Shark Bay to Eucla and into the south west of South Australia.