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Narrow Leaf Currawang

Acacia caroleae

Narrow Leaf Currawang
Photo: Lock the Gate Alliance from Australia, CC BY 2.0
Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Native range
SE. Queensland to NC. New South Wales
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Acacia caroleae, commonly known as carol's wattle, carole's wattle or narrow-leaf currawong, or is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is an erect shrub or tree with many more or less parallel branches, fissured, dark grey bark, flat, linear phyllodes, spikes of golden yellow flowers, and oblong, wrinkled pods.

Where it grows

Carol's wattle is widespread between Moura in central eastern Queensland to Gilgandra in central New South Wales, where it is found on hills and plains growing in sandy and alluvial soils. It is commonly found in disturbed areas and as a part of open Eucalyptus woodland or forest communities that are often dominated by species of Callitris.

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 caroleae by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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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