Acacia cultriformis G.Don

Knife-leaved Wattle

Erect to spreading shrub 2-4 m tall. Phyllodes 1-3 cm long, 1-1.5 cm wide, green to waxy-blue, with a prominent midvein,1 gland along the margin. Flower clusters 8-15; mostly spring. Flower heads of 25-35 flowers, golden. Fruit pods straight or curved, 5-7 cm long, 4-7 mm wide, cf. A. pravissima.

Qld, NSW.

Source: Spencer, R. (2002). Mimosaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 3. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 2. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.

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Acacia cultriformis 'Cascade'

Has open, weeping branches.

kingdom Plantae
phylum   Tracheophyta
class    Magnoliopsida
superorder     Rosanae
order      Fabales
family       Fabaceae
genus        Acacia Mill.