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Acacia wilhelmiana
Also called Dwarf Nealie, Wilhelm's Wattle
Acacia wilhelmiana is a resinous, dense-to-spreading Australian wattle shrub, 1 to 3 m tall, native to mallee country in south-east South Australia and inland New South Wales and Victoria. It is grown in dry gardens and needs well-drained soil and full sun.
Acacia wilhelmiana, commonly known as dwarf nealie, Wilhelmi’s wattle and mist wattle, is a shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Plurinerves native to the mallee region of central and eastern Australia.
It is endemic to south eastern South Australia, central and eastern New South Wales and north eastern Victoria where it is found on plains and dunes growing in sandy to loamy soils as a part of mallee communities.
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 wilhelmiana 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.
