Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Acacia falcata, commonly known as sickle wattle and by other vernacular names including sally, is a or native to eastern , which reaches five metres in height and has cream flowers in early winter. It gets its common and scientific name for its sickle-shaped leaves. Hardy and adaptable to cultivation, it is used in regeneration of bushland. German botanist was the first to officially describe the sickle wattle in 1806, although his countryman had given it the name Mimosa obliqua in 1798, this was deemed a . The species name is derived from the word falx "sickle". Some common names for it are burra, sally, sickle-shaped acacia and silver-leaved wattle.