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Prain's Wattle

Acacia prainii

Prain's Wattle
Photo: Murray Fagg, CC BY 3.0

Prain's wattle (Acacia prainii) is a bushy Australian shrub or small tree from arid and semi-arid country, grown for its yellow spring-winter flowers. It is a species, not a genus; the key to growing it is full sun and good drainage.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water deeply when the soil is dry, then let it dry out between waterings; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Free-draining sandy or loamy soil; tolerates poor, stony soils.
Temperature
Tolerates hot, dry conditions and light frost; protect from hard frost below about -5 °C.
How easy
Easy
Native range
W. & C. Australia
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

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Acacia prainii, commonly known as Prain's wattle, is a shrub or tree belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Phyllodineae endemic to Australia.

Where it grows

It has a scattered distribution through an area in the northern and eastern Wheatbelt, Pilbara and Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia where it grows in red sandy, loamy and stony soils. Its range extends into western South Australia and the Northern Territory where it is part of open mallee, Eucalyptus woodlands or spinifex 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 prainii 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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