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Acacia atopa

Acacia atopa
Photo: MargaretRDonald, CC BY-SA 4.0

Acacia atopa is a slender, occasionally weeping tree from a small area of Western Australia, grown mainly in dry, warm gardens. It is rarely cultivated and is best treated as a drought-tolerant tree in hot, dry climates with free-draining soil.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun
Water
Water deeply but infrequently once established; let the soil dry out between waterings.
Soil
Clay or clay loam, free-draining; tolerates rocky ground.
Temperature
Suited to warm, subtropical to semi-arid conditions; protect from frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
W. Western Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Acacia atopa is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to a small area in the west of Western Australia. It is slender, occasionally weeping tree with linear phyllodes that are circular in cross section, cylindrical spikes of flowers, and linear pods up to 35 mm (1.4 in) long.

Where it grows

This species of Acacia grows in clay or clay loam, sometimes in rocky situations, in a small area near Gascoyne Junction in the west of Western Australia.

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 atopa 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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