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Acacia dichromotricha

Acacia dichromotricha is a wattle tree native to central western Queensland, Australia, growing 4 to 10 m tall with furrowed bark and curved phyllodes. It is a hardy, drought-tolerant tree suited to dry climates, and its wild habitat is reddish lateritic soil on open woodland plateaus.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun
Water
Water deeply but infrequently, letting the soil dry out fully between waterings; established trees need little extra water.
Soil
Well-drained reddish or sandy-loam soil, including lateritic soils.
Temperature
Tolerates hot, dry conditions and light frost; protect young plants below about -5 °C.
How easy
Easy
Native range
Queensland
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Acacia dichromotricha is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to central western Queensland, Australia. It is a tree with furrowed bark, slightly to strongly curved phyllodes, spikes of pale yellow or white flowers and glabrous, crusty pods.

Where it grows

This species of wattle grows in reddish soil on lateritic plateaus in open woodland dominated by various wattle species or Corymbia blakei and numerous shrub species of Dodonaea and Eremophila. It occurs in central-western Queensland from near Winton and south to between Quilpie and Windorah.

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 dichromotricha 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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