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Acacia pilligaensis

Acacia pilligaensis
Photo: Ian McMaster, CC BY 3.0

Acacia pilligaensis, known as Pillaga wattle, is a small tree or shrub from eastern Australia that grows 2 to 5 metres tall and produces bright yellow flower balls in spring. It is a native of dry sandy forest and scrub, so it suits well-drained, sunny sites.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water young plants regularly until established, then water sparingly and let the soil dry between waterings.
Soil
Free-draining sandy or gritty soil; poor, sandy soil suits it well.
Temperature
Tolerates warm, dry summers and mild winters; frost tolerance is moderate, so protect young plants from hard frost.
How easy
Easy
Native range
N. New South Wales
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Acacia pilligaensis, commonly known as Pillaga wattle or pinbush wattle, is a tree or shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Phyllodineae native to eastern Australia.

Where it grows

It is endemic to and has a disjunct distribution in north eastern New South Wales and south Queensland where it is found in Pillaga scrubland to around Gulgong and the Goonoo State Forest in the south where it is found in sandy soils as a part of dry sclerophyll forest 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 pilligaensis 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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