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Acacia argyrotricha

Acacia argyrotricha, known as bracker wattle, is a shrub of 1 to 2 m native to south-east Queensland, grown mainly for its deep yellow flower heads. It suits sandy, well-drained soil in a sunny position.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water young plants regularly until established, then allow the soil to dry between waterings.
Soil
Free-draining sandy or loamy soil.
Temperature
15–35 °C; protect from frost below about 0 °C.
How easy
Easy
Native range
SE. Queensland
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Acacia argyrotricha, commonly known as Bracker wattle, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to Queensland. It is a shrub with hairy branchlets, linear, flattened phyllodes, deep yellow flowers arranged in head of 30 to 40, and linear pods up to 750 mm (30 in) long.

Where it grows

This species of wattle is only known from the type location where it grows in sandy soil in eucalypt woodland.

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 argyrotricha 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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