18. Slender Wattle

Acacia leptostachya

NON-INDIGENOUS USE:

not known.

INDIGENOUS USE:

not known.

DESCRIPTION:

Sparse rounded shrub that grows to 2.5m tall and wide. A very hardy plant that handles arid conditions.

BARK:

Dark grey and fissured on woody stems.

LEAVES:

Silvery with yellowish veins and very tough.

FLOWERS:

Perfumed flowers that grow as a yellow spike in abundance over the shrub through June to August.