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Acacia amentifera

Acacia amentifera is a small shrub, up to about 3 m tall, from a very restricted area of the Northern Territory in Australia, where it grows on sandstone pavement. It is a little-known species with no established horticultural cultivation, so care advice is based on general knowledge of arid-zone Acacia shrubs.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly and let the soil dry out fully between waterings; it is adapted to a dry climate.
Soil
Free-draining sandy or gritty mix; it grows naturally on sandstone.
Temperature
Tolerates warm to hot conditions; protect from frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
NW. Northern Territory
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Acacia amentifera is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to a very restricted part of the Northern Territory. It is a shrub with clusters of oblong to lance-shaped phyllodes with the narrower end towards the base, flowers arranged in spikes of golden yellow flowers, and linear pods 47 mm (1.9 in) long.

Where it grows

This Acacia species grows on sandstone pavement in the Northern Territory, and was previously only known from the type, but was rediscovered in October 2018 in Jasper Gorge.

Other Acacia plants

Acacia abbatiana · Acacia abbreviata · Acacia abrupta · Acacia acanthaster · Harrow Wattle · Acacia acellerata · Gold-dust acacia · Acacia aciphylla · Acacia acoma · Acacia acradenia · Strap Leaved Wattle · Acacia acuaria

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Acacia amentifera by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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