Australian Native Plants

  Acacia acanthoclada (Harrow Wattle)


Acacia acanthoclada photo
Acacia acanthoclada, Maranoa Gardens, Balwyn, Victoria, Australia

Photograph by Melburnian. Some rights reserved.    (view image details)




HARROW WATTLE FACTS

distribution map showing range of Acacia acanthoclada in Australia

Map is from The Atlas of Living Australia web site, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License


Common Name
Harrow Wattle

Description
The Harrow Wattle is a dense shrub with prickly foliage and greyish bark that grows to about two metres tall. The leaves or phyllodes are narrow wedge-shaped like an inverted triangle to about 5 mm long. It produces clusters of ball shaped bright yellow flowers in spring from August to October. The seed pods are brown and about 5 cm in length by 5 mm wide.

Habitat
Acacia acanthoclada grows on sandy soil in mallee country.

Distribution
Harrow Wattle is found in South Australia, southern half of Western Australia, north western parts of Victoria and the south west of New South Wales,

Growth Characteristics
Height: 0.5m - 2m
Spread: 1.5m - 2m

Propagation
scarified seed

Wildlife Interest
attracts seed eating birds

Classification
Class:Magnoliopsida
Order:Fabales
Family:Mimosaceae
Genus:Acacia
Species:acanthoclada
Common Name:Harrow Wattle


Relatives in same Genus
  Acacia acinacea
  Acacia acradenia
  Acacia aculeatissima
  Acacia alata
  Acacia amblygona
  Acacia amoena
  Acacia aneura
  Acacia aulacocarpa
  Acacia auriculiformis
  Acacia baileyana
  Acacia beckleri
  Acacia boormanii
  Acacia brachybotrya
  Acacia brachystachya
  Acacia buxifolia
  Acacia caesiella
  Acacia calamifolia
  Acacia cardiophylla
  Acacia chrysocephala
  Acacia cognata
  Acacia colei
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