Description The Harrow Wattle is a dense shrub with prickly foliage and greyish bark that grows to about two metres tall. The leaves or phyllodes are narrow wedge-shaped like an inverted triangle to about 5 mm long. It produces clusters of ball shaped bright yellow flowers in spring from August to October. The seed pods are brown and about 5 cm in length by 5 mm wide.
Habitat Acacia acanthoclada grows on sandy soil in mallee country.
Distribution Harrow Wattle is found in South Australia, southern half of Western Australia, north western parts of Victoria and the south west of New South Wales,