Acacia triptera (Spur-wing Wattle)

Acacia triptera flowers and foliage

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SPUR-WING WATTLE FACTS

distribution map showing range of Acacia triptera in Australia

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

Common Name
Spur-wing Wattle

Description
Spur-wing Wattle is a spreading shrub that grows to 4 m tall. The phyllodes are pointed, spur shaped or sickle shaped, growing to about 5 cm long and up to 1 cm wide. The bright yellow flowers appear from August to November. The flowers are produced in spikes up to 3 cm long. The seed pods are twisted and grow to 3 cm to 8 cm long and 2 mm to 4 mm wide.

Habitat
eucalypt woodland, heathland, sandy plains, rocky outcrops

Distribution
Spur-wing Wattle is found in central and southern Queensland and New South Wales west of the Great Diving Range.

Growth Characteristics
Height: 1m - 4m
Spread: 1m - 5m

Propagation
scarified seed

Wildlife Interest
attracts seed-eating birds

Classification

Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Mimosaceae
Genus:	Acacia
Species:	triptera
Common Name:	Spur-wing 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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