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Acacia homaloclada is a spindly, glabrous wattle shrub or small tree from coastal north Queensland, grown mainly for its golden yellow flower heads. It does best in sandy, well-drained soil in a sunny spot.
Acacia homaloclada is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to coastal areas of north Queensland, Australia. It is a spindly, glabrous shrub with lance-shaped to narrowly elliptic phyllodes, spherical heads of golden yellow flowers, and flat, leathery pods.
This species of wattle has a limited range in north Queensland from around Ingham including Hinchinbrook Island, where it is not common. It is usually found along watercourses in open Eucalypt woodland communities, growing in sandy soils.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Acacia homaloclada 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.
