Common Name: Wreath Wattle
Botanical Name: Acacia acinacea
Family: LEGUMINOSAE
Description:
Small, rounded to straggly, loosely-branched shrub, 1-2 m high, with long arching stems marked with raised phyllode bases. Phyllodes small, rounded to circular, ending in fine pointed tips, 5-15 mm long, 1-veined, often densely covered with fine hairs. Abundant, bright yellow, globular flower heads, solitary or in groups of two (not in racemes) on short stalks in leaf axil. Late winter to early spring. Distinctly twisted and coiled brown pods, to 4 cm long and 4 mm wide. Summer (December to January).
Small, rounded to straggly, loosely-branched shrub, 1-2 m high, with long arching stems marked with raised phyllode bases. Phyllodes small, rounded to circular, ending in fine pointed tips, 5-15 mm long, 1-veined, often densely covered with fine hairs. Abundant, bright yellow, globular flower heads, solitary or in groups of two (not in racemes) on short stalks in leaf axil. Late winter to early spring. Distinctly twisted and coiled brown pods, to 4 cm long and 4 mm wide. Summer (December to January).
Natural Distribution:
Common to the Northern and Southern Lofty region (annual rainfall 300-800 mm). Less common in the Murray region (western plains), Kangaroo Island, Eyre Peninsula and South-East. Absent from Yorke Peninsula. Extends into NSW and Vic. Common to woodlands and mallee areas.
Common to the Northern and Southern Lofty region (annual rainfall 300-800 mm). Less common in the Murray region (western plains), Kangaroo Island, Eyre Peninsula and South-East. Absent from Yorke Peninsula. Extends into NSW and Vic. Common to woodlands and mallee areas.
Notes:
Previously known as Acacia rotundifolia.
Previously known as Acacia rotundifolia.
