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Dalby myall

Acacia stenophylla

Also called River Cooba, River Myall, Belalie, Eumong, Gurley, Black Wattle, Dalby Wattle

Dalby myall
Photo: Don A.W. Carlson, CC BY 2.5

Dalby myall (Acacia stenophylla) is a drought-hardy Australian acacia, a tree or multi-stemmed shrub of riverbanks and dry inland plains. Give it full sun, well-drained soil and very little water once established.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun
Water
Water deeply and infrequently while young, then rely mainly on rainfall once established.
Soil
Well-drained sandy or loamy soil; tolerates heavy clay and alkaline soil.
Temperature
Tolerates hot, dry summers and frost once established; protect young plants below about -5 °C.
How easy
Easy
Native range
C. & E. Australia
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Acacia stenophylla, commonly referred to as the shoestring acacia, is an evergreen tree in the family Fabaceae and native to Australia. It is not considered rare or endangered.

Where it grows

Acacia stenophylla is predominantly distributed in central and eastern Australia.

Other Acacia plants

Jam wattle · Mulga · Acacia aneura var. major · Mulga · Earleaf acacia · Cootamundra wattle · Gidgee · Bower wattle · Cole's Wattle · Small Philippine acacia · Knife acacia · Silver Wattle

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Acacia stenophylla 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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