Umbrella Wattle

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Acacia oswaldii


Umbrella-shaped shrub or small tree to 6 m with lightly fissured fibrous bark. Flat thick stiff leaves with a sharp tip and many fine veins.


Details
Flora Type
Trees
Other Common Names
Miljee
Distinctive Features

Oil gland at the base of the leaf. Leathery seedpod is characteristically twisted and coiled.

Biology

Perennial.

Native Status
Native
Flowering Time

Nov-Jan

Taxonomy
Phylum
Tracheophyta (Vascular Plants)
Class
Magnoliopsida (Flowering Plants)
Order
Fabales
Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Acacia
Species
oswaldii

Threatened in Vic.


Interesting Facts
Native Status
Native