Acacia Verniciflua

Price:

$110.00 (including GST)

Common Name:

VARNISH 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:

Erect or spreading shrub or small bushy tree growing 1–5 m high

Resinous branchlets and foliage give a ‘varnished’ appearance

Bark grey and finely fissured

‘Leaves’ straight or slightly curved, 3–14 cm, long, 3–25 mm wide with two distinct main veins and a shiny or sticky appearance

Golden yellow ball flowers in groups of 2–3 in leaf axils; flowering August to October

Seed pods straight or strongly curved, flattish, 4–10 cm long, 2–6 mm wide, light brown and resinous at maturity
Erect or spreading shrub or small bushy tree growing 1–5 m high.
Resinous branchlets and foliage give a ‘varnished’ appearance.
Bark grey and finely fissured.
‘Leaves’ straight or slightly curved, 3–14 cm, long, 3–25 mm wide with two distinct main veins and a shiny or sticky appearance.
Golden yellow ball flowers in groups of 2–3 in leaf axils; flowering August to October.
Seed pods straight or strongly curved, flattish, 4–10 cm long, 2–6 mm wide, light brown and resinous at maturity.

WHERE IT GROWS & WHY:

Occurs in dry eucalypt forests and woodlands, often along rocky streams or on skeletal ridges.
Favours well-drained sites, generally on sandy or shallow rocky soils.
Tolerates moderate frost and extended dry periods.

MANAGEMENT/SIGNIFICANCE:

Useful low-level cover in windbreaks; may be short-lived but regenerates readily from seed.
Useful for soil erosion control due to fibrous roots binding the soil; improves soil fertility by ‘fixing’ nitrogen.
Not known to be readily grazed by livestock.
Excellent habitat; provides pollen for native insects; seed is eaten by parrots and native pigeons; attracts insect-eating birds.

SIMILIAR SPECIES:

Acacia Montana - Mallee Wattle - has a more dense growth habit, generally more than two main veins in 'leaves' and hairy seed pods.

Image Source: Flower - Melburnian, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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

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