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Acacia meiosperma

Acacia meiosperma
Photo: MargaretRDonald, CC BY-SA 4.0

Acacia meiosperma is a small wattle shrub or tree from north Queensland, Australia, with narrow leaf-like phyllodes and golden yellow flowers. It is a hardy, drought-tolerant plant suited to hot, dry climates with well-drained soil.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water young plants until established, then water sparingly and let the soil dry between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, shallow or stony soil; tolerates poor soil.
Temperature
Suited to warm, seasonally dry tropical conditions; protect from frost.
How easy
Easy
Native range
N. Queensland (SE. of Chillagoe)
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Acacia meiosperma is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to North Queensland, Australia. It is a shrub or tree, usually with glabrous branchlets, narrowly elliptic phyllodes, spikes of golden yellow flowers, and flattened, linear pods.

Where it grows

This species of wattle is restricted to a small area area in north Queensland about 40 km (25 mi) south east of Chillagoe where it is found in pure stands, growing on plains and slopes in shallow stony soils.

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 meiosperma 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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