Description

An open shrub typically to 3m.  Stiff phyllodes, to 40mm long and 4mm wide, with a sharp point. Plants  with longer phyllodes result from hybridisation with A. mucronata (photo below).  Yellow flowerheads in spikes, August-October, followed by dark, thick, almost cylindrical pods.  Occurs in the Hepburn Regional Park, the central and eastern parts of the Wombat and the Pyrete and Lerderderg areas, often occurring in heathy vegetation.

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Etymology

​Acacia derives from the Greek word akis meaning 'a sharp point'. Relates to the sharp-thorned species of Africa and Asia that were the first described members of the genus.

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Oxycedrus derived from Greek oxys meaning 'sharp' and the latin cedrus  meaning 'cedar'.  May be due to a similarity of appearance of phyllodes to leaves of Juniperus oxycedrus.