Family:
Fabaceae
Acacia victoriae
Prickly Wattle
Other Names: Elegant Wattle
Regional Subspecies:
Acacia victoriae subsp. victoriae; A. v. subsp. arida (quite rare)
Occurrence:
Habitat & Site Selection:
Variable, Black Box, Belah-Rosewood, mallee and Callitris mixed woodland. Well drained light to heavy soil, with filtered light, partial or full sun.
Habit:
Erect to spreading shrub to 4m high. Branches can be hairy or hairless and leaves are broad linear and grey-green. Flowers cream to pale yellow from Sep-Dec.
Propagation:
From seed. Seed should be scarified or heat treated prior to sowing.
Regeneration:
In wet years can increase rapidly in numbers around watercourses and become a problem.
VALUES:
Land Protection:
Legume, improves soil fertility by fixing nitrogen.
Ornamental:
An attractive garden plant and low hedge.
Other:
Provides a supplement for stock during drought.