Acacia cuspidifolia, commonly known as wait-a-while or bohemia,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the north of Western Australia. It is a dense, bushy, much-branched shrub or gnarled tree with narrowly oblong to linear phyllodes with a sharp point on the end, spherical heads of pale yellow flowers and narrowly oblong, papery pods.
Acacia cuspidifolia is a dense, bushy, much-branched shrub or gnarled tree that typically grows to a height of 3–7m (9.8–23.0ft). Its phyllodes are narrowly oblong to linear, mostly 30–60mm (1.2–2.4in) long long and 2–5mm (0.079–0.197in) wide, sharply pointed, with a prominent midrib and a gland up to 5mm (0.20in) above the base of the phyllode. There are sometimes spiny stipules2–4mm (0.079–0.157in) long and slightly curved at the base of the phyllodes. The flowers are borne in one or two spherical heads in axils on a peduncle15–20mm (0.59–0.79in) long, each head with 23 to 32 pale yellow flowers. Flowering mainly occurs from October to December, and the pods are narrowly oblong, up to 90mm (3.5in) long, 10–20mm (0.39–0.79in) wide and papery. The seeds are widely elliptic to widely egg-shaped, 6–7.5mm (0.24–0.30in) long and brown.[3][2][4]
Taxonomy
Acacia cuspidifolia was first formally described in 1982 by Bruce Maslin in the journal Nuytsia, 2km (1.2mi) south of the Hill 4 East mine at Paraburdoo in 1980.[3][5] The specific epithet (cuspidifolia) means 'pointed leaf', referring to the sharply pointed phyllodes.[2]
1 2 3 4 Maslin, Bruce R. "Acacia cuspidifolia". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
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