Common Name: Umbrella Bush
Botanical Name: Acacia oswaldii
Family: LEGUMINOSAE
Description:
Dense, rounded or spreading shrub to small, short-trunked tree, 2-5 m high with hard, rough bark. Phyllodes pale green, thick, sometimes gently curved, 3-8 cm long by 2-9 mm wide, many fine parallel veins, tapering to a small point. Pale yellow, globular flower heads, almost stalkless, solitary or pairs. Mainly summer or irregularly throughout the year. Hard, woody, distinctly twisted pods, 5-15 cm long by 5-10 mm wide, pods with slight constrictions between the enclosed seeds (with orange-yellow arils). Summer, although can be variable.
Dense, rounded or spreading shrub to small, short-trunked tree, 2-5 m high with hard, rough bark. Phyllodes pale green, thick, sometimes gently curved, 3-8 cm long by 2-9 mm wide, many fine parallel veins, tapering to a small point. Pale yellow, globular flower heads, almost stalkless, solitary or pairs. Mainly summer or irregularly throughout the year. Hard, woody, distinctly twisted pods, 5-15 cm long by 5-10 mm wide, pods with slight constrictions between the enclosed seeds (with orange-yellow arils). Summer, although can be variable.
Natural Distribution:
Widely distributed across lower rainfall (150-500 mm) parts of SA including the Murray region, Northern Lofty, Yorke Peninsula and Eyre Peninsula. Absent from the South-East, Southern Lofty and Kangaroo Island. Extends into WA, NT, Qld, NSW and Vic. Common to mallee and northern arid areas.
Widely distributed across lower rainfall (150-500 mm) parts of SA including the Murray region, Northern Lofty, Yorke Peninsula and Eyre Peninsula. Absent from the South-East, Southern Lofty and Kangaroo Island. Extends into WA, NT, Qld, NSW and Vic. Common to mallee and northern arid areas.
Notes:
Moderate growth rate. Considered a useful plant in revegetation projects of northern arid areas.
Moderate growth rate. Considered a useful plant in revegetation projects of northern arid areas.
