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Ingram's Wattle

Acacia ingramii

Ingram's Wattle
Photo: Gderrin, CC BY-SA 4.0

Ingram's wattle is a spreading, bushy shrub or tree from northern New South Wales, Australia, grown mainly for its golden yellow flower heads. It is native to rugged gorge country and does best with good drainage and plenty of sun.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water regularly while young, then let the soil dry between waterings; it tolerates dry spells once established.
Soil
Well-drained, slightly acidic to neutral soil, such as sandy or gravelly loam; it grows naturally on slate-derived soils.
Temperature
10–30 °C; tolerates mild frost but protect from hard freezes below -5 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
NE. New South Wales
Climate
subtropical

About

Acacia ingramii, commonly known as Ingram's wattle, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to northern New South Wales, Australia. It is a spreading, bushy shrub or tree with narrowly linear phyllodes with a more or less hooked tip, spherical heads of golden yellow flowers and firmly papery, convex pods.

Where it grows

Ingram's wattle occurs in the upper catchment of the Macleay River in New South Wales to the east of Armidale. It grows in rugged gorge country in tall scrub or eucalypt woodland in soils derived from slates, mostly in the gorges from around Apsley Falls to Wollomombi Falls and also in the Guy Fawkes River National Park.

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 ingramii 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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