Acacia oswaldii

Acacia oswaldii, commonly known as Boree,^[1] Umbrella wattle, Miljee, Nella and Curly yarran,^[2] is a shrub or tree of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Plurinerves. It is native to an area in the central and southern regions of South Australia and the Northern Territory, south west Queensland, western New South Wales, northern Victoria^[1] and the Pilbara and Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia.^[3]

The shrub or tree typically grows to a height of 1 to 6 metres (3 to 20 ft)^[3] and can be found to 8 m (26 ft). It has terete and glabrous branchlets with many red, resinous micro-hairs. Phyllodes are spreading to erect with leaves that are linear, narrowly elliptic or narrowly oblong-elliptic shape that is straight to recurved, terete to flat, 2.5 to 10.5 centimetres (1 to 4 in) in length and 3 to 15 millimetres (0.12 to 0.59 in) wide.^[2] Leaves are hairy when young, becoming hairless, edges smooth, with a straight often sharp point.^[4]

It blooms from October to December and produces yellow flowers.^[3]

Seeds can be collected from March to May and sown from November to February and will germinated in 3 to 10 weeks. A. ostwaldii can also be grown from cuttings.^[5]

See also

• List of Acacia species

References