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Acacia convallium

Acacia convallium
Photo: MargaretRDonald, CC BY-SA 4.0

Acacia convallium is a small tree from the far north of the Northern Territory, Australia, growing in gorges and on sandstone escarpments. It is a wattle that suits warm, dry tropical gardens with sandy, well-drained soil.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun
Water
Water deeply when young, then let the soil dry between waterings; it tolerates dry seasons once established.
Soil
Free-draining sandy or gritty mix; poor soils are fine.
Temperature
18–35 °C; protect below 5 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
N. Northern Territory
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Acacia convallium is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the north of the Northern Territory, Australia. It is a tree with egg-shaped, curved phyllodes, heads of creamy to golden yellow flowers and woody pods.

Where it grows

This species of wattle restricted to a small area in the top end of the Northern Territory along the Coburg Peninsula and the upper catchments of the Alligator and Liverpool Rivers where it is grows in gorges or on sandstone escarpments in skeletal sandy or deep sandy soils. It is found in the Garig Gunak Barlu and Kakadu National Parks.

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 convallium 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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