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Acacia gonoclada

Acacia gonoclada
Photo: Mark Marathon, CC BY-SA 4.0

Acacia gonoclada, known as ganambureng, is a shrub or small tree from northern Australia, growing up to about 4 m with bright yellow flower spikes. It is a species in the wattle group and is grown mainly for its ornamental form in dry, warm gardens.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water deeply but infrequently, letting the soil dry out between waterings once established.
Soil
Well-drained sandy or loamy soil, as it grows naturally in shallow sand.
Temperature
18–35 °C; protect from frost below about 0 °C
How easy
Easy
Native range
N. Australia
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Acacia gonoclada, also known as ganambureng, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to northern Australia. It is a shrub or small tree with smooth bark, erect, narrowly elliptic phyllodes, spikes of bright yellow flowers and clustered of linear pods, slightly constricted between the seeds.

Where it grows

Ganambureng is widespread north of 21°S in Australia. It is found in the Central Kimberley bioregion of Western Australia, the north of the Northern Territory and northern Queensland, usually in shallow sandy soils, although on more loamy soils south of Charters Towers.

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 gonoclada 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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