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Acacia undoolyana

Acacia undoolyana
Photo: Murray Fagg, CC BY 3.0

Acacia undoolyana, the sickle-leaf or Undoolya wattle, is a shrub or small tree from the dry ranges of central Australia, with sickle-shaped grey-green phyllodes and yellow flower spikes. It is a hardy, drought-tolerant wattle best grown in full sun with very little water.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established, letting the soil dry out between waterings.
Soil
Free-draining sandy or gravelly soil; tolerates poor, rocky ground.
Temperature
Tolerates hot, dry conditions; protect from frost, roughly below 0 °C.
How easy
Easy
Native range
S. Northern Territory
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Acacia undoolyana (common names sickle-leaf wattle, Undoolya wattle) is a species of wattle native to central Australia.

Where it grows

It is found in the MacDonnell Ranges Bioregion of Central Australia. The main population is on Undoolya station.

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 undoolyana 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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