Australian Native Plants

  Acacia linifolia (Flax Wattle)


Acacia linifolia photo
Flowers of Flax Wattle, Acacia linifolia. Royal National Park, NSW

Photograph by John Tann. Some rights reserved.    (view image details)




FLAX WATTLE FACTS

distribution map showing range of Acacia linifolia in Australia

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


Common Name
Flax Wattle

Other Names
White Wattle

Description
Flax Wattle is a graceful open shrub growing 2 m to 6 m tall The phyllodes are narrow and flat growing 2 cm 7 cm long and about 1 mm to 2 mm wide. Sprays of cream or pale-yellow flower heads are produced from January to August. The flower heads are globular with 6 to 12 individual flowers in each head. The seed pods grow to 10 cm long or more, and about 7 mm to 15 mm wide. The seeds are black.

Habitat
Grows in dry sclerophyll forest, woodland, heathland in sandy soils and clay soils.

Distribution
Flax Wattle is found in central New South Wales on the eastern side of the Great Dividing Range.

Growth Characteristics
Height: 2m - 6m
Spread: 2m - 4m

Propagation
scarified seed

Wildlife Interest
attracts birds

Classification
Class:Magnoliopsida
Order:Fabales
Family:Mimosaceae
Genus:Acacia
Species:linifolia
Common Name:Flax 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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