Australian National Botanic Gardens

Acacia plicata

Description: An erect, open shrub to 2 m high by 2 m across, often less in the field. Branches are hairy. The bipinnate leaves are also hairy, with linear to narrow-elliptical leaflets to 1.5 cm long. The yellow ball flowers are borne on slender stalks to 2.5 cm long and exceeding the leaves. The 2 cm long pod is distinctively pleated.

Distribution: WA.

Propagation: From scarified seed or boiling water treatment.

Cultivation: A very handsome shrub with a slightly pendulous habit. It adapts to most soils and aspects.

Special horticultural attributes:

Frost hardy (will tolerate frosts to -7 C )
Recommended for its foliage.