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Acacia wattsiana

Acacia wattsiana
Photo: Murray Fagg, CC BY 3.0

Acacia wattsiana, known as Watt's wattle or dog wattle, is a shrub or small tree in the pea family, native to south-eastern South Australia. It is rarely grown in gardens, and it is grown mainly for its wattle flowers and as a drought-tolerant native.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water young plants regularly until established, then let the soil dry out between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained sandy or loamy soil; tolerates poor soil.
Temperature
Tolerates mild to warm subtropical conditions; protect from hard frost.
How easy
Easy
Native range
SE. South Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Acacia wattsiana, commonly known as Watt's wattle or dog wattle, is a flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is a species of wattle native to South Australia.

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 wattsiana 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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