Acacia colletioides (sp. 74) has a similar habit, but is distributed over a much wider area and differs in having terete phyllodes with ca. 8 prominent veins and globular flower-heads. A. oxycedrus (sp. 97) is similar as to phyllodes but differs markedly in the longer dense flower spikes. A. rupicola (sp. 28) has 1 prominent vein and globular flower-heads.