Acacia aneura

Mulga
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
Clade: Mimosoid clade
Genus: Acacia
Species:
A. aneura
Binomial name
Acacia aneura
Synonyms
List
    • Acacia aneura var. (Napperby S.L.Everist 4226)
    • Acacia aneura var. (Thargomindah D.E.Boyland 8099)
    • Acacia aneura var. intermedia Pedley
    • Racosperma aneurum (Benth.) Pedley
    • Racosperma aneurum var. intermedium (Pedley) Pedley
    • Acacia aneura var. conifera auct. non Randell: Holland, A.E. & Pedley, L. in Henderson, R.J.F. (2002) p.p.
    • Acacia aneura var. conifera auct. non Randell: Pedley, L. in Bostock, P.D. & Holland, A.E. (ed.) (2007) p.p.
    • Acacia aneura var. conifera auct. non Randell: Pedley, L. in Bostock, P.D. & Holland, A.E. (ed.) 2010 p.p.

Acacia aneura, commonly known as mulga, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to inland Australia. It is a variable shrub or small tree with flat, narrowly linear to elliptic phyllodes, cylindrical spikes of bright yellow flowers and more or less flat and straight, leathery pods.