Acacia clunies-rossiae, commonly known as kowmung wattle[3] or kanangra wattle,[4] is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to a small area of New South Wales, Australia. It is a bushy shrub or tree with narrowly oblong to lance-shaped phyllodes, spherical heads of bright, light golden flowers and firmly papery, glabrouspods raised over the seeds.
Acacia clunies-rossiae is a bushy shrub or tree that typically grows to a height of 2–6m (6ft 7in– 19ft 8in) and often has branchlets covered with a white, powdery bloom and straight hairs pressed against the surface. Its phyllodes are thin, narrowly oblong to lance-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, mostly 35–65mm (1.4–2.6in) long, 4–10mm (0.16–0.39in) wide and glaucous with a gland2–7mm (0.079–0.276in) above the base of the phyllodes. The flowers are borne in spherical heads in a raceme15–50mm (0.59–1.97in) long on peduncles2–4mm (0.079–0.157in) long, each head with 7 to 9 bright, light golden flowers. Flowering mainly occurs in August and September, and the pods are firmly papery, glabrous, up to 60mm (2.4in) long, 7–10mm (0.28–0.39in) wide, raised over the seeds and covered with a powdery bloom. The seeds are oblong to slightly egg-shaped, 5.5–6.0mm (0.22–0.24in) long with a club-shaped aril.[2][4][5][6]
Kowmung wattle is restricted to the valleys of the Kowmung River and nearby Coxs River in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales, where it forms part of dry sclerophyll forest communities and is found on rocky slopes of slate or shale, or in alluvium along watercourses.[2]
1 2 3 Maslin, Bruce R. Kodela, Phillip G. (ed.). "Acacia clunies-rossiae". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
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