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Bank catclaw

Acacia redolens

Also called Vanilla Scented Wattle

Bank catclaw
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
S. Western Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Acacia redolens, commonly known as bank catclaw, prostrate acacia, or desert carpet, is a shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Plurinerves.

Where it grows

It is native to an area along the southern coast in the Great Southern and Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia. The plant is considered an invasive weed in areas of California where it was used as a fast growing groundcover along freeways. It is particularly problematic in the San Gabriel Valley and Mission Valley.

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 redolens by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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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