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Acacia stipulosa

Acacia stipulosa
Photo: MargaretRDonald, CC BY-SA 4.0

Acacia stipulosa is a viscid, prickly shrub of northern Australia, typically about 2 metres tall, grown mainly for its native landscape value. It thrives in sandy, well-drained soils and dry conditions.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water deeply but infrequently, letting the soil dry out between waterings once established.
Soil
Free-draining sandy or sandy loam soil; tolerates poor, sandy soils over sandstone.
Temperature
Tolerates hot, dry conditions typical of tropical northern Australia; protect from frost.
How easy
Easy
Native range
NE. Western Australia to NW. Northern Territory
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Acacia stipulosa is a shrub of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Plurinerves that is endemic to the area of northern Australia.

Where it grows

It is native to an area in the Northern Territory and Kimberley region of Western Australia where it found growing in sandy soils over sandstone. The range of the plant extends from the far easter Kimberley in the west to the upper area of the Victoria River near Winnecke Creek and near Gardiner Range in the northern Territory where it is often a part of shrubland or 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 stipulosa 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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