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Acacia doratoxylon

Currawang, Lancewood, Spearwood

Description: Large, rounded shrub to 6 m or occasionally an erect, small tree. Long, narrow phyllodes to 15 cm. Bears yellow rod-shaped flowers in spring
Distribution: NSW, ACT, Vic.
Propagation: From scarified seed or boiling water treatment.
Cultivation: Needs a well-drained, dry position. Good screen plant in its rounded shrub form.
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© Text derived from the Acacia sections of the 4th edition of Australian Native Plants by John Wrigley and Murray Fagg, published in 1996 by Reed Books Pty Ltd