| Snowy River wattle | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Caesalpinioideae |
| Clade: | Mimosoid clade |
| Genus: | Acacia |
| Species: | A. boormanii |
| Binomial name | |
| Acacia boormanii Maiden | |
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| Occurrence data from AVH | |
Acacia boormanii, commonly called Snowy River wattle, is a medium, (sometimes) suckering, multi-stemmed, copse-forming shrub, belonging to the genus Acacia.
Its native range is the Snowy River in the alpine country of southeastern Australia. It thrives best on well drained soils, but also tolerates compacted clay soils or soils with some salinity.
Description
This evergreen, frost-hardy, rounded shrub grows to a height of 4.5 m (15 ft), and a diameter of 1.8 to 3.6 m (6–12 ft). Its silvery branches carry small, gray-green leaves. The narrow phyllodes are about 8 cm long.
Its inflorescence consists of lemon-yellow, globular flower heads, profusely borne in panicles, lasting four to six weeks.
This wattle is very popular in cultivation.
References
- "Acacia boormanii". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
- "Acacia boormanii". Australian Native Plants Society (Australia). Retrieved 2023-12-15.