Acacia dunnii, commonly known as Dunn's wattle or elephant ear wattle[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to northern Australia. It is a shrub or tree covered with a fine, white powdery bloom, elliptic to egg-shaped phyllodes, spherical heads of golden yellow flowers and narrowly oblong, more or less woody pods. The Jamindjung, Ngaliwurru people and Nungali people know the plant as bawaya, and the Ngarinyman as barrawi.[3]
Acacia dunnii is an erect shrub or small tree that typically grows to 1.5–6m (4ft 11in– 19ft 8in) high, 2–4m (6ft 7in– 13ft 1in) wide,[4] and is covered with a white, powdery bloom. The leaves are elliptic to egg-shaped, shallowly sickle-shaped, 120–420mm (4.7–16.5in) long and 60–175mm (2.4–6.9in) wide, wavy, leathery and glabrous with four or five prominent veins. The flowers are borne in spherical heads in panicles110–500mm (4.3–19.7in) long on peduncles8–20mm (0.31–0.79in) long, each head 6–8mm (0.24–0.31in) in diameter with 50 to 85 golden yellow flowers. Flowering occurs from January to June and the pods are narrowly oblong, more or less woody, up to 170mm (6.7in) long and 20–40mm (0.79–1.57in) wide. The seeds are broadly elliptic to oblong, 9–12mm (0.35–0.47in) long and brown with an aril on the end.[2][3][5][6]
1 2 Cowan, Richard S.; Maslin, Bruce R. "Acacia dunnii". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. Retrieved 4 November 2025.
↑ George, Alex S.; Sharr, Francis A. (2023). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings - A Glossary (fifthed.). Kardinya: Four Gables Press. p.191. ISBN9780645629538.
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