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Acacia curvata is a harsh, much-branched wattle shrub endemic to south-western Western Australia, growing to about 0.3 to 1.5 m high. It is grown mainly for its curved phyllodes and golden yellow flower heads in late winter and spring, and it suits dry, open, well-drained sites.
Acacia curvata is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a harsh, much-branched shrub with hairy branchlets, more or less crowded, curved, scimitar-shaped, sharply pointed phyllodes, spherical heads of golden yellow flowers and linear, strongly curved glabrous pods.
This species of wattle grows in clay, clay loam or gravel mostly in open scrub between Ravensthorpe, south of Kundip and Munglinup and in the Scaddan-Wittenoom Hills area in the Esperance Plains and Mallee bioregions of south-western Western Australia.
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 curvata 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.
