Australian Native Plants

  Acacia parramattensis (Sydney Green Wattle)


Acacia parramattensis photo
Parramatta wattle (Acacia parramattensis). Jannali, NSW

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Acacia parramattensis photo
Parramatta Wattle (Acacia parramattensis) tree, taken at Garigal National Park, Sydney

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SYDNEY GREEN WATTLE FACTS

distribution map showing range of Acacia parramattensis in Australia

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


Common Name
Sydney Green Wattle

Other Names
Paramatta Wattle

Description
Sydney Green Wattle is an upright tall shrub or tree growing from 2 m to 15 m tall. New growth is yellow and finely haired. The dark green leaves are finely divided fern-like (bipinnate). The leaflets are about 2 mm to 7 mm long and up to 1 mm wide. Clusters of yellow flowers are produced in late spring and summer from November to February, sometimes as late as April. The flowers heads are spherical and about 4 mm to 7 mm in diameter. The grey-black seed pods are dark grey and grow up to 11 cm long and 8 mm wide.

Habitat
woodland, forest.

Distribution
Sydney Green Wattle is found the Blue Mountains and surrounding regions of New South Wales, also in Australian Capital Territory. Common in Sydney and Canberra.

Growth Characteristics
Height: 2m - 15m
Spread: 5m - 8m

Propagation
scarified seed



Classification
Class:Magnoliopsida
Order:Fabales
Family:Mimosaceae
Genus:Acacia
Species:parramattensis
Common Name:Sydney Green 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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