Australian Native Plants

  Acacia denticulosa (Sandpaper Wattle)


Acacia denticulosa photo
Acacia denticulosa, Maranoa Gardens, Balwyn, Victoria, Australia.

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




SANDPAPER WATTLE FACTS

distribution map showing range of Acacia denticulosa in Australia

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


Common Name
Sandpaper Wattle

Description
The Sandpaper Wattle is an open spreading shrub or small tree with upright habit growing to around three or four metres tall. The leaves or phyllodes are about 7 cm long and toothed around the margins with a rough surface which explains the common name. The plant produces spikes of curved or rod shaped yellow flowers growing to about 7 cm long in late winter through to early spring.

Habitat
grows on sandy soil on around granite outcrops

Distribution
New South Wales, Victoria., Tasmania.

Growth Characteristics
Height: 2m - 4m
Spread: 3m - 4m

Propagation
scarified seed

Classification
Class:Magnoliopsida
Order:Fabales
Family:Mimosaceae
Genus:Acacia
Species:denticulosa
Common Name:Sandpaper 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
  see A-Z list for more ...