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WITCHETTY BUSH FACTS |
Map is from The Atlas of Living Australia web site, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License
Common Name
Witchetty Bush
Other Names
Wanderrie wattle, Granite wattle
Description
Witchetty Bush is a spreading shrub or tree growing to a height of 1m to 5 m tall, but can grow taller in good conditions. The bark is grey or brown and furrowed. The phyllodes are bright green, grey-green or blue-green in colour, long and narrow elliptical in shape, growing up to 9 cm long and 1.5 cm wide. Flowering may take place from March to September. The yellow flowers are produced in cylindrical clusters 1cm to 2 cm long. The seed pods are papery in texture and about 7 cm long and 1.5 cm wide.
Australian Aboriginals obtain Witchetty grubs from the roots. The bush also provides edible gum and seeds.
Habitat
rocky hillsides, sandy plains, mulga woodland
Distribution
Witchetty Bush is found in arid and semi-arid inland areas of South Australia, Northern Territory , Queensland, Western Australia
Growth Characteristics
Height: 1m - 5m
Spread: 2m - 3m
Propagation
scarified seed
Wildlife Interest
attracts seed-eating birds
Classification
| Class: | Magnoliopsida | | Order: | Fabales | | Family: | Mimosaceae | | Genus: | Acacia | | Species: | kempeana | | Common Name: | Witchetty Bush |
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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