Australian Native Plants

  Acacia spondylophylla (Curry wattle)


Acacia spondylophylla photo
Acacia spondylophylla habit

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Acacia spondylophylla photo
Acacia spondylophylla foliage

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Acacia spondylophylla photo
Acacia spondylophylla foliage

Photograph by Mark Marathon. Some rights reserved.    (view image details)




CURRY WATTLE FACTS

distribution map showing range of Acacia spondylophylla in Australia

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


Common Name
Curry wattle

Other Names
Spineleaf wattle

Description
Curry Wattle, is a small spreading shrub that grows to 1 m tall. The leaves have a curry smell when crushed. The phyllodes are grouped round the stems in whorls of 8 to 14. Each phyllode is about 5 mm to 10 mm long and less than 1 mm wide, often with the pointed tip curving slightly downward. Bright yellow spherical flower heads are produced in winter in June and July. The seed pods are oblong, growing 2 cm to 4 cm long and up to 1 cm wide.

Habitat
arid regions on stony and sandy soils

Distribution
Curry Wattle is found in scattered populations in central west of Western Australia, central northern Territory, and western Queensland.

Growth Characteristics
Height: 0.5m - 1m
Spread: 1m - 2m

Propagation
scarified seed



Classification
Class:Magnoliopsida
Order:Fabales
Family:Mimosaceae
Genus:Acacia
Species:spondylophylla
Common Name:Curry 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 caesiella
  Acacia calamifolia
  Acacia cardiophylla
  Acacia chrysocephala
  Acacia cognata
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