 "A. asperulacea" typically lives to an age of 11 to 20 years and is able to produce seeds after three years.The species was first formally described by the botanist Ferdinand von Mueller in 1859 as part of the work "Contributiones ad Acaciarum Australiae Cognitionem" as published in the "Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Botany".Several synonyms for the plant are known including "Acacia lycopodiifolia" var.