Acacia lateriticola

Acacia lateriticola is a shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.4–1.5 m (1 ft 4 in – 4 ft 11 in) and usually has hairy branchlets. Its leaves are pinnatipartite, mostly with two pairs of pinnae, the lower pinnae 2–6 mm (0.079–0.236 in) long with up to three pairs of pinnules and the outer pinnae 6–20 mm (0.24–0.79 in) long with narrowly oblong to lance-shaped pinnules 4–8 mm (0.16–0.31 in) long and 1.5–3 mm (0.059–0.118 in) wide. The flowers are borne on one or two spherical heads in axils on glabrous peduncles 15–30 mm (0.59–1.18 in) long, each head 7–10 mm (0.28–0.39 in) long with 24 to 36 light golden yellow, rarely cream-coloured flowers. Flowering occurs from May to October, and the pods are narrowly oblong, 30–50 mm (1.2–2.0 in) long, 7–11 mm (0.28–0.43 in) wide and crusty.

This species of wattle grows on lateritic soil in jarrah and marri forest from near Muchea and south to near Pemberton and Busselton in the Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain and Warren bioregions of south-western Western Australia.