Australian Native Plants

  Acacia drummondii (Drummond Wattle)


Acacia drummondii photo
Acacia drummondii known from West-Australia, Botanical Garden, Berlin, Germany

Photograph by Fritz Geller-Grimm. Some rights reserved.    (view image details)




DRUMMOND WATTLE FACTS

distribution map showing range of Acacia drummondii in Australia

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


Common Name
Drummond Wattle

Description
Drummond's Wattle is a compact shrub that grows from 0.2 m to 2 m tall and 1m to 2 m wide. The branches are reddish and slender. The ornamental leaves are green and about 2.5 cm long, divided into oval leaflets. The plant flowers in winter and spring between June and October producing spikes of yellow flowers. The flower spikes are 2 cm to 4 cm long.

Habitat
It is found in a variety of habitats including forests and woodland, among granite outcrops, in gullies, on hillsides. It grows sandy soils and gravelly soils.

Distribution
endemic to south west region of Western Australia

Growth Characteristics
Height: 0.2m - 2m
Spread: 1m - 2m

Propagation
scarified seed

Wildlife Interest
attracts seed-eating and insect-eating birds

Classification
Class:Magnoliopsida
Order:Fabales
Family:Mimosaceae
Genus:Acacia
Species:drummondii
Common Name:Drummond 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
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