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Acacia Doratoxylon

Flower
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Common Name:
CURRAWONG

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WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE:

  • An upright small tree that may reach a height of eight metres.
    The bark is hard and fissured. 
    Phyllodes are more or less linear, up to 20 centimetres long and 7 millimetres wide and grey-green. 
    Usually glands are absent but occasionally a small gland is present at the base of the phyllodes. 
    Golden flowers are held in rod-shaped clusters with from two to five at the base of each phyllode.  
    Blooms are profuse and conspicious and appear in spring.
    An upright small tree or erect shrub that may reach a height of 8 metres.
  • The bark is hard and fissured. 
  • Phyllodes are more or less linear, up to 20 centimetres long and 7 millimetres wide and grey-green. 
  • Usually glands are absent but occasionally a small gland is present at the base of the phyllodes. 
  • Golden flowers are held in rod-shaped clusters with from two to five at the base of each phyllode.  
  • Blooms are profuse and conspicious and appear in spring.

WHERE IT GROWS & WHY:

  • Occurs in central NSW and extends into Victoria. 
  • The foliage has been used as stock fodder during drought. 
  • Shelterbelts and windbreaks would benefit from its inclusion. 

WHERE IT GROWS & WHY:

  • Regenerates from seed after fire.  
  • May be able to sucker from basal parts. 

 

Image Source: Flower - Stitchingbushwalker, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons 

Image Source: Plant - Fagg, M. via Australian National Botanic Gardens