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Northern Silver Wattle

Acacia leucoclada

Northern Silver Wattle
Photo: R.A. McKenzie, CC BY 4.0
Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Native range
SE. Queensland to EC. New South Wales
Climate
subtropical

About

Acacia leucoclada, commonly known as northern silver wattle, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a shrub or mostly spreading tree glabrous branchlets, often covered with a powdery bloom, bipinnate leaves, and spherical heads of yellow to bright yellow or golden yellow flowers in axillary racemes, and straight to slightly curved pods usually slightly constricted between the seeds.

Where it grows

Subspecies argentifolia grows in open forest or woodland in sandy soils or loam in South East Queensland near Kingaroy and in the Warwick–Dalveen district. In New South Wales it is found near Woodenbong and in the Liston–Tenterfield area.

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 leucoclada by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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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