Acacia mucronata
Variable Sallow Wattle
Description: Very variable shrub in height and phyllode form. Phyllodes may be narrow to lanceolate to 20 cm long. Profuse yellow flowers occur in spring.
Distribution: NSW, Vic., Tas.
Propagation: From scarified seed or boiling water treatment.
Cultivation: Generally adaptable in cultivation, responds to sunny, reasonably well drained positions in most soils. Hardy, showy species in flower. Growing well in southern England.
Special horticultural attributes:
- Suitable for areas of low maintenence (eg. road batters).
- Frost hardy (will tolerate frosts to -7 C )
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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
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