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Acacia pelophila

Acacia pelophila is a dense, spreading wattle shrub from a small area of Western Australia's Mid West coast, usually found along saline creeklines in clay soils. It is grown in gardens mainly for its yellow flowers and tolerance of harsh, dry conditions.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water well while establishing, then rarely; it tolerates dry conditions once established.
Soil
Well-drained clay or loam, tolerant of salinity.
Temperature
Suited to subtropical and warm temperate climates; frost tolerance is limited.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
W. Western Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Acacia pelophila is a shrub of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Plurinerves that is endemic to a small area along the west coast of western Australia.

Where it grows

It is native to a small area in the Mid West region of Western Australia where it is often situated along saline creeklines. It has a limited range to the north west of Northampton growing in clay soils as a part of in mixed shrubland communities.

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 pelophila 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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