Weeping Myall

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Acacia pendula

Small rounded tree to 10 m with hard rough grey bark and willowy silver foliage. Smooth silvery leaves to 8 cm with slight hook at tip. Yellow globular flowers in small clustered flowerheads.

Details
Flora Type
Trees
Other Common Names
Boree
Distinctive Features

Graceful, weeping (pendulous) habit and blue-grey foliage make this plant distinctive. Characteristic thick woody flat seedpods with a thin wing along the outer edge.
Biology

Perennial. Widespread on heavy clay soils. Nitrogen-fixing and extremely drought-tolerant. Suckers following disturbance.
Native Status
Native
Flowering Time

Jan-Apr
Taxonomy
Phylum
Tracheophyta (Vascular Plants)
Class
Magnoliopsida (Flowering Plants)
Order
Fabales
Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Acacia
Species
pendula

Source: Atlas of Living Australia

The seed is eaten by parrots, the tree also provides habitat for an array of insects which are a food source for many native birds. Endangered in Vic.

Interesting Facts
Native Status
Native