Family | Mimosaceae |
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Description | Small-medium rounded shrub |
Flowering Time | Late winter-spring |
Distribution & Botanical Details | Click Here |
Florabank Profile | |
Vegetation Communities | Sclerophyll communities. |
Soil Types | Generally on sandy or skeletal soils. |
Values / Uses | |
Revegetation / Habitat Values | Extremely tolerant of dry, rocky sites and subsoil conditions, therefore useful for direct seeding on hostile sites such as mining and roadside revegetation projects. |
Amenity / Ornamental Values | Under-utilised compared to some better known acacias. Very showy in flower and relatively long-lived compared to many acacias. The silvery-hairy seed pods are very attractive. Compact form and tolerates pruning. |
Other Values | Nitrogen fixer. |
Tolerances | |
Water Deficit | extremely high |
Compaction | average |
Waterlogging | low |
Shade | average |
Minimum Temperature | -5 degrees |
Seed & Germination Details | |
Average no. Seeds per Gram | contact us for details |
Viability Period | long |
Dormancy | physical |
Treatment | heat/scarification |
Days From First to Last Germination at 25 Degrees | |
Direct Seeding | easy |