Common Name: Willow Wattle
Botanical Name: Acacia salicina
Family: LEGUMINOSAE
Description:
Tall shrub or small rough-barked tree, to 5 m high, with drooping branches and abundant foliage. Often found in clumps due to root suckering. Phyllodes abundant, pendulous, blue-green to fresh green, 4-14 cm long by 4-20 mm wide, 1-veined, flat, smooth. Pale yellow, globular flower heads on short racemes that are usually shorter than the 'leaves'. Throughout the year (irregular). Woody thick pods, straight to slightly curved, 4-12 cm long by 1 cm wide, seed with orange-red aril. Flowers often fail to produce fruit (irregular seed set). Summer, irregular.
Tall shrub or small rough-barked tree, to 5 m high, with drooping branches and abundant foliage. Often found in clumps due to root suckering. Phyllodes abundant, pendulous, blue-green to fresh green, 4-14 cm long by 4-20 mm wide, 1-veined, flat, smooth. Pale yellow, globular flower heads on short racemes that are usually shorter than the 'leaves'. Throughout the year (irregular). Woody thick pods, straight to slightly curved, 4-12 cm long by 1 cm wide, seed with orange-red aril. Flowers often fail to produce fruit (irregular seed set). Summer, irregular.
Natural Distribution:
Scattered along inland rivers and creeklines of the Murray region, Northern Lofty and Southern Lofty. Also occurs in Qld, NSW, Vic and NT. Common to floodplain areas.
Scattered along inland rivers and creeklines of the Murray region, Northern Lofty and Southern Lofty. Also occurs in Qld, NSW, Vic and NT. Common to floodplain areas.
Notes:
Used as a soil binder on creekbeds. Often associated with Eucalyptus camaldulensis and E. largiflorens.
Used as a soil binder on creekbeds. Often associated with Eucalyptus camaldulensis and E. largiflorens.
