Australian Native Plants

  Acacia aculeatissima (Thin-leaf Wattle)


Acacia aculeatissima photo
Acacia aculeatissima (Thin-leaf Wattle)

Photograph by DavidFrancis34 from Australia. Some rights reserved.    (view image details)




THIN-LEAF WATTLE FACTS

distribution map showing range of Acacia aculeatissima in Australia

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


Common Name
Thin-leaf Wattle

Other Names
Snake Wattle

Description
The Thin-leaf Wattle is a spreading ground creeper, although some plants are more upright. The phyllodes are small and prickly, growing to about 1cm long and only about 1 mm wide. The plant flowers in late winter and spring. The flower spikes grow from the leaf nodes and have from one to three ball-shaped pale yellow flowers on individual stalks.. The seed pods form are straight or gently curved growing about 6cm long.

Habitat
Thin-leaf Wattle is often found in Eucalypt forest and grows in sandy loamy clay soils.

Distribution
Victoria, southern New South Wales

Growth Characteristics
Height: 0.2m - 1.5m
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:aculeatissima
Common Name:Thin-leaf Wattle


Relatives in same Genus
  Acacia acanthoclada
  Acacia acinacea
  Acacia acradenia
  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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