Acacia acinacea or the Gold Dust Wattle is a medium sized shrub with a straggly and rather unruly growth habit. It is commonly called Gold Dust Wattle because in spring the branches appear to be covered in Gold Dust.
The leaf-like phyllodes are small and vary in shape from rectangular or oval to spathulate. Flowers are borne on individual stalks, and grow singularly or in pairs from the phyllode axils along the length of branches.
The fluffy golden yellow ball shaped flowers appear during spring and the plant looks as if it is covered with speckles of yellow.