Shrubs or small trees, erect, to 6 m. Twigs light to dark reddish brown, slightly flexuous, ridged, glabrous. Leaves phyllodic; phyllode flat, slightly falcate, narrowly elliptic to oblan­ceolate, 40–95 × 4–15 mm, venation parallel, with 3–5 prominent veins, minor veins weakly reticulate, apex obtuse, obliquely apiculate, surfaces glabrous; gland 0 or 1, 0–2 mm distal to pulvinus; pulvinus 1–2 mm. Peduncles 2–10 mm. Inflorescences globose heads, densely flowered, 6–9 mm diam., in short pseudoracemes of 2 heads solitary in leaf axils. Flowers 5-merous, golden yellow; calyx 0.9–1.3 mm; corolla 1.3–2 mm; filaments 2.5–3.5 mm; ovary glabrous. Legumes elliptic in cross section, oblong, 50–130 × 9–17 mm, not constricted between seeds. Seeds: aril orange to scarlet, enlarged, encircling seed in 2 folds.

Phenology: Flowering year-round.
Habitat: Disturbed areas, coastal dunes.
Elevation: 0–400 m.

Distribution

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Introduced; Calif., s Australia.

Discussion

Acacia cyclops is known from Los Angeles, Marin, Orange, and San Diego counties.

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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