Acacia sophorae

Coastal Wattle

Family:            Fabaceae-Mimosoideae 

Plant:              A prostrate or decumbent shrub from 30cm to 2m high.

Flowers:         1 or 2 cylindrical golden yellow heads in axils of phyllodes.

Flowering:      July-October.

Fruit:               Pod 6-10cm long and 2.5-6mm wide and curved.

Leaves:          Phyllode, broad lanceolate 4-11cm long and 1-3cm wide, tough, erect with blunt or rounded tips and 2 to 4 longitudinal veins prominent.

Habitat:           Heathland on both sandstone and sand dunes.

Features:       Found in coastal areas. 1 or 2 cylindrical golden flower heads in axils of the phyllodes. Shorter phyllodes than Acacia longifolia.

Name:            

Acacia            From Greek akis = a sharp point because of the thorns on Acacia arabica, a species known from antiquity.

longifolia        From Latin longus = long or extended and folius = leaf (referring to its long phyllodes).

sophorae        From its similarity to the yellow-flowered Pacific Pea Bush Sophorae tormentosa.

Search Criteria

 

Type

Shrub     

Flowers

Form

Cylindrical, Cluster 

 

Colour(s)

Yellow

 

Petal/Sepal No.

-

 

Flowering Month

7,8,9,10  

Fruit

Type       

Pod         

 

Colour

Green, Brown

 

Other Features

-

Leaves

Arrangement

Alternate

 

Type       

Simple     

 

Shape

Oval

 

Length    

Medium

 

Margins  

Entire

 

Attachment               

Unstalked

 

Other Features

-

Bark

-

Habitat    

Heathland, Beach strand