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PLOUGHSHARE WATTLE FACTS |
Map is from The Atlas of Living Australia web site, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License
Common Name
Ploughshare Wattle
Other Names
Dog's Tooth Wattle
Description
Ploughshare Wattle is a sprawling shrub that grows to up to 1 m in height. The phyllodes which are triangular and prickly about 4 cm to 1.5 cm long and 1.5 mm to 5 mm wide. Cream or pale-yellow flower are produced in winter and spring from June to October. The globular flower heads are about 6 mm in diameter, and appear singly in the axils of the phyllodes. Each flower head contains 20 to 30 individual flowers. The seed pods are curved and about 2 cm to 4 cm long and 5 mm wide.
Habitat
on rocky hillsides and amongst rocky outcrops in open eucalypt forest
Distribution
Ploughshare Wattle is found in eastern New South Wales, Victoria, in the Adelaide Hills area of South Australia, and Tasmania,
Growth Characteristics
Height (m): 0.2 - 0.8
Spread (m): 1 - 2
Soil Texture: sand, loam, clay
Soil pH: acid soils, neutral soils
Frost Sensitivity: resistant
Minimum Rainfall (mm): 500
Flower Colour: yellow
Flower Season: winter, spring
(source: SA State Flora Catalog)
Propagation
scarified seed
Wildlife Interest
attracts seed-eating birds
Classification
| Class: | Magnoliopsida | | Order: | Fabales | | Family: | Mimosaceae | | Genus: | Acacia | | Species: | gunnii | | Common Name: | Ploughshare Wattle |
Relatives in same Genus
Acacia acanthoclada
Acacia acinacea
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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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