Acacia translucens, commonly known as poverty bush,[1] is a shrub that is endemic to a large area of north western Australia.

[2] The species was first formally described by the botanist Allan Cunninhgham in 1837 as a part of the William Jackson Hooker work Icones Plantarum.

It was reclassified as Racosperma transluscens in 1987 by Leslie Pedley then transferred back to genus Acacia in 2006.

[1] It is often situated in gully floors and on hillsides as a part of open Eucalyptus woodland communities.

[2] The plant is used in gardens and is a hardy grower in tropical regions and needs a sunny position and well-drained soil.