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Grass Wattle

Acacia willdenowiana

Grass Wattle
Photo: Em Lamond, CC BY 4.0
Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Shrub, Grass
Light
Full sun
Water
Drought tolerant
Native range
SW. Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Acacia willdenowiana is a shrub belonging to the genus Acacia. The plant is also commonly known as wattle grass, grass wattle or two-winged acacia. It is native to the south west of Western Australia.

How to grow it

The plants has only limited commercial availability. It fares best in an open position with full sun in a well-drained soil. It is used as part of a native garden, or as a feature in garden borders. It is both frost and drought tolerant and will not require pruning.

Where it grows

It has a scattered distribution from the Mid West, Wheatbelt, Peel and Great Southern regions. It is found as far north as Three Springs, south as Albany and east as Mukinbudin. The plant is able to grow in loam, sandy or lateritic soils and is often found in winter wet depressions and is a part of the understorey in woodland or open 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 willdenowiana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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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