Family | Mimosaceae |
Description | Medium upright shrub |
Flowering time | Late winter-spring |
Distribution & botanical details | click here |
Vegetation communities | Grassy woodland and dry sclerophyll forest. |
Soil types | Generally found on skeletal areas of heavier or moderately fertile soils. |
Values/uses | |
-revegetation/habitat values | Fast coloniser and therefore useful for direct seeding. Widely used in mining and roadside revegetation projects. |
-amenity/ornamental values | Attractive foliage colour and spectacular in flower. One of the best wattles for gardens. |
-other values | Nitrogen fixer. |
Tolerances | |
-water deficit | high |
-compaction | average |
-waterlogging | average |
-shade | low |
-minimum temperature | -8 degrees |
Seed and germination details | |
-avge no. seeds per gram | 59 |
-viability period | long |
-dormancy | physical |
-treatment | boiling water or scarification |
-days from first to last germination at 25 degrees | 6-21 |
-direct seeding | easy |
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