Gardening with Indigenous Plants
Indigenous Plant Use
Identification & Control of Common Weeds
| Myth Buster: | Wattles rarely cause hayfever (it is mostly grasses) |
| Botanical Name: | Acacia mucronata |
| Common Name: | narrow-leaved wattle, sallow wattle, variable sallow wattle |
| Status: | DISABLED: Unavailable for now & possibly forever |
| Sold As: | Tube ($2.00) |
| Plant Type(s): | Tall Shrub (2 to 6 m), Bird Attracting, Insect Attracting |
| Growing Conditions: | Full Sun, Partial Shade
Clay, Moist, Well Drained |
| Size (HxW): | 5 m high |
| Foliage: | Narrow light green foliage 9-20 cm x 1-6 mm. One more prominent vein, others in a network. Gland 5-10 mm from leaf base, on the upper edge. Small point on the tip. Very variable throughout its range. |
| Flowers: | 1-2 creamy white to pale yellow spikes or oval heads to 2 cm long in leaf axils, spikes open with central stalk visible between flowers. Narrow, straight or curved pods 4-12 cm x 2-5 mm, slightly constricted between seeds. August-December |
| General Comments: | Birds are attracted to the insects and seeds. Copes with drought once established. Screen plant with pruning. Plant under established trees. |
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| Plant Propagation: | Propagation: From scarified seed or boiling water treatment. |
