Australian Native Plants

  Acacia deanei (Deane's Wattle)


Acacia deanei photo
Deane's Wattle

Photograph by Ruth P. Some rights reserved.    (view image details)




DEANE'S WATTLE FACTS

distribution map showing range of Acacia deanei in Australia

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


Common Name
Deane's Wattle

Other Names
Green Wattle

Description
Deane's Wattle is a shrub or tree growing from 1.5 m to 7 m tall. It grows as an erect or spreading plant. The bark of the trunk and branches is grey brown to green coloured. The leaves are fern-like (bipinnate). The plant flowers throughout the year producing clusters of flower heads. The spherical flower-heads have a diameter of about 5 mm and contain 15 to 30 cream to pale yellow flowers. The seed pods are flat and straight or curved, with a leathery texture. The leathery pods are up to 18 cm long and 1 cm wide.

Habitat
It is found in a variety of habitat often in Eucalypt forest communities growing in a range of different soils.

Distribution
The plant is endemic to eastern Australia, found through inland parts of southern Queensland, and central parts of New South Wales and Victoria.

Growth Characteristics
Height: 2m - 7m
Spread: 2m - 5m

Propagation
scarified seed

Wildlife Interest
attracts seed-eating and insect-eating birds

Classification
Class:Magnoliopsida
Order:Fabales
Family:Mimosaceae
Genus:Acacia
Species:deanei
Common Name:Deane's Wattle


Relatives in same Genus
  Acacia acanthoclada
  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
  see A-Z list for more ...