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Acacia signata

Acacia signata
Photo: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0

Acacia signata is a slender, weeping shrub or small tree from the Mid West and Wheatbelt of Western Australia, grown mainly for its grey-green phyllodes and yellow flowers. It needs well-drained sandy soil and full sun.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water deeply but infrequently, letting the soil dry out between waterings; established plants need little extra water.
Soil
Well-drained sandy or gritty mix; tolerates poor, nutrient-low soils.
Temperature
10–35 °C; protect from frost below about -5 °C.
How easy
Easy
Native range
W. Western Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Acacia signata is a species of tree or shrub in the family Fabaceae that is endemic to western Australia.

Where it grows

It is native to an area in the Mid West and north western Wheatbelt region of Western Australia where it is often situated on sandplains growing in sandy soils as a part of in heath, scrub and shrubland communities. It is found around Hamelin Pool in the north to around Cockleshell Gully in the south and as far east as Wubin but is not commonly occurring.

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 signata 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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