Common Name: Nealie
Botanical Name: Acacia rigens
Family: LEGUMINOSAE
Description:
Greyish-green, erect, rounded to spreading shrub, 2-3 m high. Phyllodes needle-like, rigid, ascending, grey-green, ending in a sharp point, 3-13 cm long by 1-2 mm wide, with many longitudinal veins. Yellow, globular flower heads, on short stalks, 1-4 per leaf axil, not in racemes. Winter to spring (July to November). Curved, twisted, narrow seed pods, 4-7 cm long by 2.5 mm wide. Summer (December to January).
Greyish-green, erect, rounded to spreading shrub, 2-3 m high. Phyllodes needle-like, rigid, ascending, grey-green, ending in a sharp point, 3-13 cm long by 1-2 mm wide, with many longitudinal veins. Yellow, globular flower heads, on short stalks, 1-4 per leaf axil, not in racemes. Winter to spring (July to November). Curved, twisted, narrow seed pods, 4-7 cm long by 2.5 mm wide. Summer (December to January).
Natural Distribution:
Occurs throughout low rainfall (200-300 mm) regions of SA including the Murray region, Northern Lofty, Yorke Peninsula and Eyre Peninsula. Uncommon in Southern Lofty and South-East. Extends into Qld, NSW and Vic. Common to mallee areas.
Occurs throughout low rainfall (200-300 mm) regions of SA including the Murray region, Northern Lofty, Yorke Peninsula and Eyre Peninsula. Uncommon in Southern Lofty and South-East. Extends into Qld, NSW and Vic. Common to mallee areas.
Notes:
Regularly used in revegetation projects in semi-arid areas. Seed consumed by a variety of birds including mallee fowls, emus and parrots.
Regularly used in revegetation projects in semi-arid areas. Seed consumed by a variety of birds including mallee fowls, emus and parrots.
