Family | Mimosaceae |
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Description | Medium-large open shrub with long arching branches. Extremely fast growing and also short-lived. |
Flowering Time | Late winter- early spring |
Distribution & Botanical Details | Click Here |
Florabank Profile | |
Vegetation Communities | Dry sclerophyll forest and heath. |
Soil Types | Grows in sandy and skeletal soils |
Values / Uses | |
Revegetation / Habitat Values | Very useful primary coloniser for hostile soils. Occurs in the upper Hunter but also very useful and successful coloniser on mine spoil in the central Hunter |
Amenity / Ornamental Values | Spectacular in flower, the relatively large flower heads seem to drip from the racemes. Bark an attractive silvery colour which harmonises with the blue-grey foliage. Be prepared to replant after 5 years. |
Other Values | |
Tolerances | |
Water Deficit | high |
Compaction | low |
Waterlogging | low |
Shade | average-low |
Minimum Temperature | -8 degrees |
Average no. Seeds per Gram | contact us for details |
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Viability Period | long |
Dormancy | physical-hard seed coat |
Treatment | heat/scarification |
Days From First to Last Germination at 25 Degrees | 3-27 |
Direct Seeding | easy |