Australian Native Plants

  Acacia acinacea (Gold-dust Wattle)


Acacia acinacea photo
18 month old Acacia acinacea in roadside revegetation on Goulburn Valley Highway, Mangalore

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Acacia acinacea photo
Acacia acinacea flowers

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Growth Characteristics information is sourced from: State Flora Catalog, Government of South Australia Licensed under Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 license.



GOLD-DUST WATTLE FACTS

distribution map showing range of Acacia acinacea in Australia

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


Common Name
Gold-dust Wattle

Other Names
Wreath wattle, round-leaf wattle

Description
The Gold-dust Wattle is a bushy or straggling shrub growing up to two and a half meters in height. It flowers prolifically in late winter and spring, producing round flower heads about 4 cm in diameter. Each flower head contains 8 to 20 flowers. The phyllodes are oval shaped and about 1.5 cm long and 8 mm wide without a prominent midrib.

Habitat
It is often found in Eucalyptus woodlands, woodland heath and open mallee scrubland. It grows in sand, sandy loam and gravelly soils.

Distribution
Victoria, South Australia, New South Wales

Growth Characteristics
Height (m): 1 - 2
Spread (m): 1 - 2
Soil Texture: sand, loam, clay
Soil pH: acid soils, neutral soils, alkaliine soils
Frost Sensitivity: resistant
Minimum Rainfall (mm): 300
Flower Colour: yellow
Flower Season: winter, spring

(source: SA State Flora Catalog)

Propagation
scarified seed



Classification
Class:Magnoliopsida
Order:Fabales
Family:Mimosaceae
Genus:Acacia
Species:acinacea
Common Name:Gold-dust Wattle


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  Acacia acanthoclada
  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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