Family | Mimosaceae |
Description | Small spreading shrub, relatively long-lived |
Flowering time | Winter-spring |
Distribution & botanical details | click here |
Vegetation communities | Grassy woodland, dry sclerophyll forest and mallee communities |
Soil types | Often on skeletal soils of medium texture |
Values/uses | |
-revegetation/habitat values | Persists in the understorey as a long-lived shrub. |
-amenity/ornamental values | Very attractive lemon-yellow flowering display. Non-descript when not in flower but the foliage is interesting up close. |
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Tolerances | |
-water deficit | high |
-compaction | average |
-waterlogging | average |
-shade | medium |
-minimum temperature | -5 degrees |
Seed and germination details | |
-avge no. seeds per gram | 86 |
-viability period | long |
-dormancy | physical |
-treatment | scarification |
-days from first to last germination at 25 degrees | 5-30 |
-direct seeding | easy |
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