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Acacia podalyriifolia
Also called Pearl acacia, Glaucous acacia, Mount Morgan wattle, Queensland silver wattle, Queensland wattle, Mt. Morgan Wattle, Golden Ball Wattle
Pearl wattle is a fast-growing, drought-tolerant shrub or small tree from eastern Australia, grown for its silver-grey foliage and golden spherical flower heads. It thrives in full sun and well-drained soil in warm, subtropical to semi-arid climates.
Acacia podalyriifolia is a perennial tree which is fast-growing and widely cultivated. It is native to Australia but is also naturalised in Malaysia, Africa, India and South America. Its uses include environmental management and it is also used as an ornamental tree. It is very closely related to Acacia uncifera. It grows to about 5 m (16 feet) in height and about the same in total width. It blooms during winter.
Common names for it are Mount Morgan wattle, Queensland silver wattle, Queensland wattle, pearl acacia, pearl wattle and silver wattle.
In Australia it is endemic to parts of southeastern Queensland and the northeast of New South Wales in areas to the north of Legume, but has become naturalised further south, where it is found in open woodland or forest communities. It has also become naturalized in Western Australia and South Australia.
Jam wattle · Mulga · Acacia aneura var. major · Mulga · Earleaf acacia · Cootamundra wattle · Gidgee · Bower wattle · Cole's Wattle · Small Philippine acacia · Knife acacia · Silver Wattle
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Acacia podalyriifolia 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.
