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Acacia yirrkallensis

Acacia yirrkallensis
Photo: MargaretRDonald, CC BY-SA 4.0

Acacia yirrkallensis is a resinous wattle shrub, 1 to 2 m high, native to the Top End of the Northern Territory, Australia. It grows in eucalypt woodland on sandy and stony ground and is rarely grown in gardens, so care advice is limited.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established; it is adapted to a seasonally dry climate.
Soil
Well-drained, sandy or gravelly soil; tolerates poor, lateritic ground.
Temperature
18–35 °C; protect from frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
N. Northern Territory
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Acacia yirrkallensis is a shrub of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Plurinerves. It is native to the top end of the Northern Territory.

Where it grows

It usually grows in eucalypt forest and woodland on grey sandy podsols, on laterite and bauxite on stony sandstone ridges and gorges.

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 yirrkallensis 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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