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Forster's wattle is a spreading shrub or small tree from a very restricted area of south-eastern Queensland, known only from a single collection near Gayndah. It is rarely cultivated, so care advice is based on general wattle (Acacia) growing requirements.
Acacia forsteri, commonly known as Forster's wattle, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to a restricted area of south-eastern Queensland, Australia. It is a spreading shrub with narrowly elliptic to narrowly lance-shaped phyllodes with the narrower end towards the base, spherical heads of pale yellow flowers and oblong, leathery, glabrous pods.
This species of wattle is only known from the type collection where it grows in woodland near Gayndah in south-eastern Queensland.
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 forsteri 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.
