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Acacia clelandii

Acacia clelandii
Photo: MargaretRDonald, CC BY-SA 4.0

Acacia clelandii, known as umbrella mulga, is a spreading wattle shrub native to dry parts of southern and western Australia, growing up to about 5 m. The sources describe the species only; it is a hardy, drought-tolerant plant suited to dry, free-draining sites.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly and let the soil dry out between waterings; it tolerates drought once established.
Soil
Well-drained sandy or gravelly soil; tolerates poor, rocky ground.
Temperature
Tolerates hot, dry conditions; protect from frost, roughly below -5 °C.
How easy
Easy
Native range
C. & SC. Australia
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Acacia clelandii, also known as umbrella mulga, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to south-western continental Australia. It is a spreading shrub with hairy branchlets, more or less terete, straight or slightly curved phyllodes, spikes of yellow flowers, and oblong, tough, flexible pods.

Where it grows

Umbrella mulga is mainly found on dunes or rocky hills in South Australia, especially in the Gawler Range and the far north of the state, where the range extends into adjoining parts of Western Australia. It has a limited and scattered distribution in the Pilbara, Gascoyne and Murchison bioregions 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 clelandii 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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