''Acacia verniciflua'', commonly known as varnish wattle, is a shrub or small tree species that is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

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. It has an erect or spreading habit, growing to between 1 and 6 metres high, The

phyllode Phyllodes are modified petioles or leaf stems, which are leaf-like in appearance and function. In some plants, these become flattened and widened, while the leaf itself becomes reduced or vanishes altogether. Thus the phyllode comes to serve the ...

s are often sticky and lustrous and vary in length, width and shape. The globular pale-yellow flowerheads appear in the leaf axils from July to November, followed by seedpods that are up to 10 cm long and unconstricted. These contain shiny black seeds. It is often found growing alongside Eucalyptus obliqua where it can dominate the understory. Three forms identified in the ''Flora of Victoria'' (1996) have since been assigned to other species as follows: *''A. verniciflua'' (Bacchus Marsh variant) - ''

Acacia rostriformis ''Acacia rostriformis'', commonly known as Bacchus Marsh wattle, is a plant species that is endemic to Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of t ...

'' *''A. verniciflua'' (Casterton variant) - '' Acacia exudans'' *''A. verniciflua'' (Southern variant) - '' Acacia leprosa'' var. ''graveolens'' The species occurs in dry sclerophyll forest in

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, Victoria,

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and

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