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Acacia cardiophylla
Also called West Wyalong Wattle
Wyalong wattle is a native Australian shrub or small tree from New South Wales, grown for its bright yellow ball-shaped flowers in late winter and spring. It needs full sun and very well-drained, rocky or sandy soil to thrive.
Acacia cardiophylla, commonly known as Wyalong wattle, West Wyalong wattle or heart-leaf wattle, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to New South Wales, Australia. It is a shrub or tree with smooth grey or mottled brown bark, slightly leathery bipinnate leaves, spherical heads of bright yellow flowers, and straight to slightly curved, thinly leathery pods covered with silvery hairs.
Acacia cardiophylla is indigenous to central and southern New South Wales and is found from Gilgandra in the north down to around Wagga Wagga in the south and extending to the Lake Cargelligo area in the west. It is found on stony hills and ridges in shallow rocky sandy soils in Eucalyptus woodland and mallee communities. It is naturalized in other parts of New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory and the Adelaide Hills in South Australia.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Acacia cardiophylla 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.
