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Snowy River Wattle

Family: Fabaceae

Genus: Acacia

Species: boormanii

Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Description

A small suckering shrub to about 3m tall that can form thickets. Smaller spherical lemon yellow flowerheads are clustered at the ends of branches. Phyllodes are narrow and blue-green.

Flowering start in August and ends in September.

Identification

The main flower colour is yellow.

References

http://anpsa.org.au/a-boo.html

Created: 31 Aug 2014 - Member - John and Val
Updated: 02 Sep 2014 - Member - John and Val

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Location

Bio Regions

Australian Alps (AUA)

Region Specifics

NSW southern tablelands

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