Australian Native Plants

  Acacia caesiella (Bluebush Wattle)


Acacia caesiella photo
Acacia caesiella (cultivated, labelled) Maranoa Gardens, Balwyn, Victoria, Australia.

Photograph by Melburnian. Some rights reserved.    (view image details)




BLUEBUSH WATTLE FACTS

distribution map showing range of Acacia caesiella in Australia

Map is from The Atlas of Living Australia web site, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License


Common Name
Bluebush Wattle

Other Names
Tableland Wattle, Blue Bush

Description
The Bluebush Wattle is an erect or spreading shrub or small tree growing to a height of 1 m to 5 m tall. It has smooth grey or brown bark. The phyllodes are long and elliptical, growing from 4 cm to 10 cm long and 3 mm to 7 mm wide. The plant produces globular bright yellow flower heads in winter and spring between July and October. The flower heads have a diameter of about 5 mm and contain 12 to 20 flowers. The seed pods are papery to leathery, flat and straight to slightly curved and grow to 4 cm to 9 cm long and up to 1 cm wide.

Habitat
Grows in dry sclerophyll woodland in rocky areas

Distribution
The Bluebush Wattle is found in New South Wales mostly on the slopes of the Great Dividing Range.

Growth Characteristics
Height: 1m - 6m
Spread: 1m - 3m

Propagation
scarified seed

Classification
Class:Magnoliopsida
Order:Fabales
Family:Mimosaceae
Genus:Acacia
Species:caesiella
Common Name:Bluebush Wattle


Relatives in same Genus
  Acacia acanthoclada
  Acacia acinacea
  Acacia acradenia
  Acacia aculeatissima
  Acacia alata
  Acacia amblygona
  Acacia amoena
  Acacia aneura
  Acacia aulacocarpa
  Acacia auriculiformis
  Acacia baileyana
  Acacia beckleri
  Acacia boormanii
  Acacia brachybotrya
  Acacia brachystachya
  Acacia buxifolia
  Acacia calamifolia
  Acacia cardiophylla
  Acacia chrysocephala
  Acacia cognata
  Acacia colei
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