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Acacia macdonnelliensis, known as MacDonnell mulga, is a drought-hardy shrub or small tree from the rocky ridges of central Australia, grown mainly for its dry-climate tolerance and golden flower spikes. Like other mulgas, it needs full sun, excellent drainage and very little water.
Acacia macdonnelliensis, commonly known as MacDonnell mulga or Hill mulga, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to central Australia. The Alyawarr people know the plant as irrar, the Kaytetye know it as arleth-arlethe or arwele arleth-arlethe and the Western Arrernte people know it as irrkwarteke. It is a shrub or tree with deeply fissured grey bark, erect, very narrowly elliptic to linear or thread-like phyllodes, dense spikes of golden yellow flowers, and linear, papery pods slightly constricted between the seeds.
Acacia macdonelliensis is found in southern parts of the Northern Territory around Alice Springs and in far eastern Pilbara and north eastern Goldfields regions of Western Australia. It grows in areas of sandstone and quartzite along rocky ridges and creeklines. A. macdonnelliensis is drought and frost tolerant.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Acacia macdonnelliensis 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.
