Australian Native Plants

  Acacia amoena (Boomerang Wattle)


Acacia amoena photo
Acacia Amoena ("Boomerang Wattle")

Photograph by Mark Jane. Some rights reserved.    (view image details)




BOOMERANG WATTLE FACTS

distribution map showing range of Acacia amoena in Australia

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


Common Name
Boomerang Wattle

Description
The Boomerang Wattle is an erect to spreading shrub that grows to about 3 m tall. The phyllodes are narrow elliptical in shape from 2 cm to 8 cm long and about 5 mm to 12 mm wide. It flowers from July to December and produces flower spikes with bright yellow to pale yellow flowers. The flower heads are spherical with six to twelve flower. The seed pods are dark brown and grow to about 9 cm long and 5 mm wide. The elliptic shaped seeds are about 4 mm long.

Habitat
Boomerang Wattle grows in dry sclerophyll forest and open woodland, also on rocky slopes and creek banks.

Distribution
It is found along the Great Dividing Range in eastern New South Wales, Victoria and southern Queensland.

Growth Characteristics
Height: 2m - 3m
Spread: 2m - 3m

Propagation
scarified seed

Wildlife Interest
attracts seed-eating birds

Classification
Class:Magnoliopsida
Order:Fabales
Family:Mimosaceae
Genus:Acacia
Species:amoena
Common Name:Boomerang Wattle


Relatives in same Genus
  Acacia acanthoclada
  Acacia acinacea
  Acacia acradenia
  Acacia aculeatissima
  Acacia alata
  Acacia amblygona
  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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