Australian Native Plants - Wattles
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| Acacia restiacea |
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Height
0.5m - 1.5m |
Acacia restiacea is a small shrub with golden yellow ball shaped flowers from late winter to late spring. Read more > |
Acacia retinodes
(Swamp Wattle) |
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Height
5m - 10m
Spread
3m - 7m |
Swamp Wattle is a tall spreading shrub or tree growing from 5 m to 10 m tall. Pale yellow or cream flowers are produced in summer between December and February with intermittent flowers at other times of the year. The flower heads are spherical. The... Read more > |
Acacia rigens
(Needlebush Wattle) |
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Height
2m - 6m
Spread
2m - 4m |
Needlebush Wattle is an erect or spreading shrub that grows 2 m to 3 m tall, sometimes a small tree to 6 m. The grey-green phyllodes are up to 13 cm long and 2.5 cm wide. Bright yellow flowers are produced in winter, spring and summer between July... Read more > |
Acacia salicina
(Broughton Willow) |
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Height
3m - 20m
Spread
3m - 5m |
Broughton Willow is a large shrub or tree growing 3 m to 20 m tall. The green or grey-green phyllodes droop downwards and grow about 7cm to 20 cm long and up to 30 mm wide. The plant flowers between April and June and intermittently throughout the... Read more > |
Acacia saligna
(Golden Wreath Wattle) |
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Height
3m - 10m
Spread
3m - 6m |
Golden Wreath Wattle is a shrub or tree growing 3 m to 10 m tall. The phyllodes are variable in shape can be linear, lance shaped, or sickle shaped. They grow to about 10 cm to 25 cm long and about 5 mm to 30 mm wide, with a prominent midrib.... Read more > |
Acacia siculiformis
(Dagger Wattle) |
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Height
1m - 3m
Spread
1m - 2m |
Dagger Wattle is a shrub that grows from 2 m to 3 m tall. The green phyllodes are narrow elliptic in shape, and grow 1 cm to 3.5 cm long and 2 mm to 4 mm wide with a prominent midrib. The shrub produces bright yellow, pale yellow of white flowers in... Read more > |
Acacia spectabilis
(Mudgee Wattle) |
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Height
2m - 5m
Spread
2m - 3m |
Mudgee Wattle an erect or spreading shrub that grows about 2 m to 5 m tall. The leaves are finely divided fern-like (bipinnate). The leaflets are about 7 mm to 16 mm long and up to 6 mm wide. Bright-yellow spherical flower heads are produced in... Read more > |
Acacia spondylophylla
(Curry wattle) |
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Height
0.5m - 1m
Spread
1m - 2m |
Curry Wattle, is a small spreading shrub that grows to 1 m tall. The leaves have a curry smell when crushed. The phyllodes are grouped round the stems in whorls of 8 to 14. Each phyllode is about 5 mm to 10 mm long and less than 1 mm wide, often... Read more > |
Acacia stenophylla
(River Cooba) |
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Height
4m - 10m
Spread
4m - 8m |
River Cooba is a bushy tree with drooping branches and foliage, that grows 4 m to 10 m tall (sometimes more). The grey-green phyllodes are long and narrow, growing 14 cm to 40 cm long and up to 7 mm wide. Cream yellow flowers are produced mainly in... Read more > |
Acacia stricta
(Hop Wattle) |
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Height
2m - 5m
Spread
2m - 4m |
Hop Wattle is a shrub or tree growing 1 m to 5 m tall. The green to grey-green phyllodes are long and narrow growing 4 cm to 14 cm long and 3 mm to 1 cm long. Cream or yellow flowers are produced from May to October. The flower heads are spherical.... Read more > |
Acacia strongylophylla
(Round-leaf Wattle) |
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Height
1m - 3m
Spread
1.5m - 3m |
Round-leaf Wattle is a shrub that grows to a height of 1 m to 3 m tall. The phyllodes are roundish with a prominent midvein with a point at the tip. Yellow flowers are produced in winter and spring between June and October. The large flower heads... Read more > |
Acacia suaveolens
(Sweet Wattle) |
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Height
1m - 3m
Spread
2m - 5m |
Sweet Wattle) is a slender shrub that grows from 1 m to 3 m tall. The blue-green phyllodes are straight or slightly curved and 7 cm to 14 cm long and 2 mm to 10 mm wide. Pale yellow or cream flowers are produced from autumn to spring between April... Read more > |
Acacia subulata
(Awl-leaf Wattle) |
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Height
1m - 4m
Spread
1m - 2.5m |
Awl-leaf Wattle is a shrub that grows from 1 m to 4 m tall. The phyllodes are straight or slightly curved and grow from 6 cm to 14 cm long and 0.8 mm to 2 mm wide. Spherical flower heads of yellow flowers are produced in winter, spring and summer,... Read more > |
Acacia terminalis
(Sunshine Wattle) |
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Height
1.5m - 6m
Spread
1m - 1.5m |
Sunshine Wattle is a shrub growing up to 6 m tall. The dark green leaves are divided (pinnate), with small oval or oblong leaflets less than 2 cm long Pale yellow or golden yellow flowers are produced between February and October, mainly in autumn... Read more > |
Acacia tetragonophylla
(Dead Finish) |
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Height
2m - 5m
Spread
4m - 6m |
Dead Finish is a tall shrub or small tree with needle-like phyllodes about 3cm long. It has yellow ball shaped flowers. Seed pods are papery and about 8cm long. Read more > |
Acacia triptera
(Spur-wing Wattle) |
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Height
1m - 4m
Spread
1m - 5m |
Spur-wing Wattle is a spreading shrub that grows to 4 m tall. The phyllodes are pointed, spur shaped or sickle shaped, growing to about 5 cm long and up to 1 cm wide. The bright yellow flowers appear from August to November. The flowers are produced... Read more > |
Acacia ulicifolia
(Juniper Wattle) |
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Height
0.5m - 2m
Spread
1m - 2m |
Juniper Wattle is a shrub that grows from 0.5 m to 2 m tall. The phyllodes are short and needle like, growing 8 mm to 14 mm long and about 1 mm wide. Pale yellow or cream flowers are produced from autumn to spring. The flower heads are spherical and... Read more > |
Acacia uncinata
(Gold-dust Wattle) |
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Height
1m - 2m
Spread
1m - 2m |
Gold-dust Wattle is an open shrub growing to about 2 m tall. The dull grey-green phyllodes are elliptical in shape, and grow about 2 cm to 4 cm and about 1 cm to 2 cm wide. Pale yellow flowers are produced in spring between September and November.... Read more > |
Acacia urophylla
(Pointed Leaved Acacia) |
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Height
1m - 3m
Spread
1m - 3m |
Pointed Leaved Acacia is a slender open shrub that grows from 1 m to 3 m tall. The phyllodes are about 5 cm to 11 cm long and 1 cm to 4 cm wide. Pale yellow or cream flowers are produced in winter and spring between May and October. The flower heads... Read more > |
Acacia verniciflua
(Varnish Wattle) |
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Height
1m - 4m
Spread
1m - 4m |
Varnish Wattle is a shrub or small tree that grows from 1 m to 4 m high. The phyllodes are variable in shape from very narrow to lance-shaped to oblong, and grow to 2 cm to 9 cm long and up to 15 mm wide. Pale-yellow flowers are produced in winter... Read more > |
Acacia verticillata
(Prickly Moses) |
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Height
2m - 5m
Spread
3m - 4m |
Prickly Moses is a shrub to small tree that grows from 2 m to 5 m tall. Several subspecies exist. The phyllodes vary in shape amongst the different subspecies. Yellow or pale-yellow flowers are produced in spring, summer and winter. The flowers... Read more > |
Acacia vestita
(Hairy Wattle) |
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Height
3m - 8m
Spread
3m - 5m |
Hairy Wattle is a dense shrub that grows to about 4 m tall, and can sometimes grow to a small tree up to 8 m tall. Golden yellow flowers are produced in spring from about August to October. The flower heads are spherical. The grey-green phyllodes... Read more > |
Acacia victoriae
(Elegant Wattle) |
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Height
2m - 5m
Spread
4m - 6m |
Elegant Wattle is a shrub or tree with multiple trunks growing to about 5 m tall. The branches are covered in small spines about 1 cm long. The grey-green phyllodes are variable in shape and grow about 2 cm to 5 cm long, with a prominent midvein.... Read more > |
