Acacia Lineata

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Common Name:

STREAKED WATTLE

PLEASE NOTE: Orders are by full tray only. Each tray contains 40 plants. When ordering, please choose how many trays you would like.

WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE:

1. Spreading rounded shrub growing 1–4 m high and wide

2. Branchlets yellow or reddish, minutely hairy

3. ‘Leaves’ grey-green, 1.5–5 cm long, 3–7 mm wide, radiating around branchlets, variable in shape

4. Bright golden ball flowers in heavy clusters at branch ends; flower stalks stout, with minute golden hairs; flowering April to October

5. Seed pods straight or curved, 5–10 cm long, 4–9 mm wide, dark brown at maturity, may have a whitish bloom
Upright shrub growing to 2 metres, or forms a tight sprawling hedge up to 3 metres wide.
The phyllodes, which are modified leaf stalks instead of true leaves, are small (0.7 to 2 cm long) with a very prominent longitudinal vein and are tightly clustered along slightly hairy branches.
The flower heads are either one or two, and are situated around the base of the phyllode and consist of 10-16 yellow flowers in small heads.
The trunk is grey with small branches that are slightly resinous with hairs.
Flowers in spring between July and October.

WHERE IT GROWS & WHY:

Its habitat is mainly in eucalypt woodlands, mallee or scrubland on low nutrient and high drainage sandy red earths and gravelly loams.
It is an extremely frost and dry hardy species which grows on well drained soils.
Prefers sunny or dappled shade on well drained soils as with a low spaced over story like it would receive in a Mallee community.

MANAGEMENT/SIGNIFICANCE:

It makes a great garden ornamental plant for its densely bush-like qualities and showy flowers which in spring are absolutely breath-taking.
Ideal for planting amongst low trees as it also provides a wind break and micro climate for inter planting other species.
Great for habitat and refuge as its tight hedge like qualities provide shelter and refuge for small birds away from predators like cats.
Killed off when hit by fire; however due to its enormous seed bank many small seedlings will sprout up with weeks afterwards and within a couple of years the population will be back to normal.

Image Source: Flower - Fagg, M. via Australian National Botanic Gardens (ANBG)

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

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