Acacia incurvaneura, narrow-leaf wattle, is a multi-stemmed shrub or small tree from arid inland Australia, grown mainly for its resinous, grey-green foliage and golden flowers. It needs full sun and very well-drained soil, and it tolerates drought well.
Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water deeply but infrequently, letting the soil dry out between waterings; established plants need little supplementary water.
Soil
Free-draining sandy or loamy soil; tolerates poor, alkaline soils.
Temperature
10–35 °C; protect from frost below about -5 °C.
How easy
Easy
Native range
W. & C. Australia
Climate
desert or dry shrubland
About
Acacia incurvaneura, also known as narrow-leaf wattle, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to inland areas of western Australia. It is rounded or inverted cone-shaped, multi-stemmed shrub, its branchlets covered wit a layer of opaque yellowish resin, ascending to erect narrowly linear, terete phyllodes, spikes of light golden yellow flowers, and leathery, narrowly oblong to spindle-shaped pods.
Where it grows
The species of wattle is found in areas of Western Australia areas eastwards of Yalgoo (about 117°E), north-western South Australia and southern parts of the Northern Territory. It grows in a range of habitats, often in sandy loam on plains or in gently undulating country in shrubland or woodland, often with A. caesaneura.
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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.