Acacia bancroftiorum "Bancroft's Wattle" - Plant Profiles

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Acacia bancroftiorum

Scientific Name	Acacia bancroftiorum
Categories	Nitrogen FixerTreeWattle
Common Name(s)	Bancroft's Wattle
Family	Fabaceae, Subfamily - Mimosoideae

Description

"Spindly shrub or slender tree to c. 6 m high." (WorldWideWattle ver. 2)

Notes

A very available and useful plant for rehabilitation of mine sites and roadsides. Produces attractive, glaucous foliage which is usually green when observed near Kingaroy in the South Burnett. Inflorescences are pale yellow and globular. The pods and seeds are relatively large and seed collection, besides cleaning, is simple and productive.

Historical Notes

Distribution

"Common from Collinsville S to near Crows Nest and W to near Tambo, also the White Mtns area, Qld. Usually grows in shallow soil on rocky hillsides in Eucalyptus woodland or open forest. Near Kingaroy it occurs in deep alluvium and its foliage is then usually green, fide L.Pedley, Austrobaileya 1: 265 (1980)." (WorldWideWattle ver. 2)