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Weeping Mulga

Acacia paraneura

Weeping Mulga
Photo: Mark Marathon, CC BY-SA 4.0

Weeping Mulga is a drought-hardy Australian desert tree or shrub in the pea family, grown mainly for its grey-green phyllodes and fragrant golden flower spikes. It needs full sun and very well-drained soil, and it is best left to dry out between waterings.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water deeply but infrequently, letting the soil dry out fully between waterings.
Soil
Free-draining sandy or loam mix; tolerates clay-based soils in its native range.
Temperature
Tolerates hot, dry conditions and light frost; protect from hard frost below -5 °C.
How easy
Easy
Native range
Australia
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Acacia paraneura, commonly known as weeping mulga, is a tree or shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Juliflorae. It is native to arid regions of Australia. The Indigenous Kurrama peoples know the tree as warlun.

Where it grows

A. paraneura is found in northern South Australia, southern part of the Northern Territory and far Western Queensland. In Western Australia is native to Pilbara and Mid West and Goldfields regions of Western Australia.

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 paraneura 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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