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Acacia resinimarginea

Acacia resinimarginea
Photo: MargaretRDonald, CC BY-SA 4.0

Acacia resinimarginea, known as old-man wodjil, is a shrub or small tree from arid Western Australia with phyllodes instead of true leaves and yellow flowers in late winter to spring. It is a species that needs full sun, good drainage and dry conditions, and it is rarely grown outside its native range.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water deeply but infrequently, letting the soil dry out fully between waterings.
Soil
Free-draining sandy or loamy soil.
Temperature
10–35 °C; protect from frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SW. Australia
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Acacia resinimarginea, also known as old-man wodjil, is a tree or shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Juliflorae that is endemic to western Australia.

Where it grows

Acacia resinimarginea is native to a large area in the Mid West and Wheatbelt region of Western Australia where it is often situated on undulating plains growing mostly in sandy but sometimes in loamy soils, often as pure stands. It is found from around Perenjori in the west to around Kambalda in the south east and up to around Leonora in the north.

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 resinimarginea 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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