Acacia boormanii

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Plant information 

Common name:               Snowy River wattle  

Conservation status:   unknown

Etymology:   

•  Borrowed from Latin acacia, from Ancient Greek ἀκακία (akakía) "a thorny Egyptian tree", from ἀκή (akḗ) "point, thorn

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Flowers:                  

• Its inflorescence consists of lemon-yellow, globular flower heads

• Profusely borne in panicles, lasting four to six weeks

Fruit:                         

Leaves:         

• Small, gray-green narrow phyllodes 

• These are about 8 cm long

Stem & branches:        

• Silvery branches

Roots:         

Habit:        

• It is a medium, (sometimes) suckering, multi-stemmed, copse-forming shrub

• This evergreen, frost-hardy, rounded shrub grows to a height of 4.5 m, and a diameter of 1.8 to 3.6 m 

Habitat:   

• It thrives best on well drained soils, but also tolerates compacted clay soils or soils with some salinity

Distribution:                  

• Its native range is the Snowy River in the alpine country of south eastern Australia

Additional notes:     

• This wattle is very popular in cultivation

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