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Acacia asperulacea

Acacia asperulacea
Photo: MargaretRDonald, CC BY-SA 4.0

Acacia asperulacea is a small spreading wattle shrub from northern Australia, growing 0.2 to 1 m tall with yellow flower heads. It suits dry, well-drained, stony ground and is grown mainly for native or xeric plantings.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly, letting the soil dry out between waterings; established plants need little extra water.
Soil
Free-draining, shallow or stony mix; poor soils suit it well.
Temperature
Tolerates warm seasonally dry conditions; protect from frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
NE. Western Australia to NW. Queensland
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Acacia asperulacea is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to northern Australia. It is a shrub with phyllodes arranged in whorls, heads of yellow flowers and sessile pods up to 35 mm (1.4 in) long.

Where it grows

This species of wattle grows in shallow, stony soils and is found from the eastern Kimberley region of Western Australia through the north of the Northern Territory to far north-western Queensland.

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 asperulacea 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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