Acacia binata is a shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Phyllodineae endemic to Western Australia. The dense, domed and spreading shrub typically grows to a height of 0.25 to 1 metre (1 to 3 ft). The fleshy, flat, green phyllodes are slightly depressed to planoconvex in shape with a length of 8 to 17 mm (0.31 to 0.67 in) and a width of 1 to 1.5 mm (0.039 to 0.059 in) with three obscure nerves. It blooms from August to October and produces yellow flowers. The inflorescences are situated on two-headed racemes that have a 0.5 to 2 mm (0.020 to 0.079 in) long axes. The spherical flower-heads have a diameter of 3 to 3.5 mm (0.12 to 0.14 in) and contain between ten and twenty golden flowers. The black seed pods that form after flowering and often curved or irregularly coiled and