Acacia brachystachya

Taxobox
name = Umbrella mulga
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Fabales
familia = Fabaceae
genus = "Acacia"
species = "A. brachystacha"
binomial = "Acacia brachystacha"
binomial_authority = Benth.

"Acacia brachystachya", commonly known as umbrella mulga, turpentine mulga or false bowgada, is a shrub in the family Fabaceae. Endemic to Western Australia, it occurs in mulga communities in the semi-arid land between Carnarvon and Kalgoorlie. There is also an isolated population in the desert south of Warburton.

Umbrella mulga grows as a tall, bushy shrub to five metres, with twisted, spreading stems. Like most "Acacia" species, it has phyllodes rather than true leaves. These may be up to 15 centimetres long, and are mostly one to two millimetres wide. The flowers are yellow, and held in cylindrical clusters about two centimetres long. The pods are long and straight, up to 8 centimetres long and 8 millimetres across. Umbrella mulga is difficult to distinguish from bowgada.

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