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Acacia pustula

Acacia pustula
Photo: Murray Fagg, CC BY 3.0

Acacia pustula is a tree of south-eastern Queensland, growing up to about 15 m, with phyllodes instead of true leaves and golden flower heads in winter. It is native to open eucalypt woodland on sandy soils, so it suits dry, well-drained sites.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun
Water
Water young plants regularly until established, then let the soil dry between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained sandy or sandy loam soil; tolerates poor, sandy ground.
Temperature
Frost-hardy once established; protect young plants from hard frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SE. Queensland
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Acacia pustula is a tree belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Phyllodineae native to north eastern Australia.

Where it grows

It is endemic to south eastern Queensland where the bulk of the population is found between Cracow, Condamin, Kingaroy and Eidsvold with scattered smaller populations in the Carnarvon National Park and Salvator Rosa National Park. where it grows in sandy to sandy loam soils over sandstone as a part of open Eucalyptus woodland 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 pustula 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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