Acacia bancroftiorum

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Common Names

Bancroft's Wattle

Family

Fabaceae, Subfamily - Mimosoideae

Description

Spindly shrub or slender tree to c. 6 m high. (WorldWideWattle ver. 2)

Notes

A very available and useful plant for rehabilitation of mine sites and roadsides. Produces attractive, glaucous foliage which is usually green when observed near Kingaroy in the South Burnett. Inflorescences are pale yellow and globular. The pods and seeds are relatively very large.

Historical Notes

Distribution

Common from Collinsville S to near Crows Nest and W to near Tambo, also the White Mtns area, Qld. Usually grows in shallow soil on rocky hillsides in Eucalyptus woodland or open forest. Near Kingaroy it occurs in deep alluvium and its foliage is then usually green, fide L.Pedley, Austrobaileya 1: 265 (1980). (WorldWideWattle ver. 2)