Acacia rupicola

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Caesalpinioideae
Tribus: Acacieae
Genus: Acacia
Species: Acacia rupicola
Name

Acacia rupicola F.Muell. ex Benth.
References

Linnaea; Ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange. Berlin 26:610. 1855
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Acacia rupicola in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Acacia rupicola, commonly known as rock wattle, is a shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Phyllodineae native to south eastern Australia.

Description

The glabrous, diffuse and somewhat resinous shrub typically grows to a height of 1 to 2.5 metres (3.3 to 8.2 ft). It has prominently ribbed branchlets with no stipules and sessile, patent, green phyllodes with a narrowly triangular to linear-triangular shape that are 5 to 25 mm (0.20 to 0.98 in) in length and 1.5 to 3 mm (0.059 to 0.118 in) wide with a prominent midrib.[1] It blooms between August and January with sporadic flowering at other times producing yellow flowers.[2]

It is very similar in appearance to Acacia ulicifolia (Prickly Moses) but is easily distinguished by the sticky appearance of A. rupicola.[2]
Distribution

It is endemic to a large area extending from the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia in the west thorough to Bordertown and to the Grampians in the Victoria in the east. It is found in rocky coastal areas in sandy to loamy soils often as a part of open scrub or woodland communities.[1]
Cultivation

It can be grown form seed or cuttings.[2] The shrub is recommended as an understorey plant that can be grown in a second line from the coast, plains or foot-slopes which fares well in dry full sun or shady locations or rocky areas. It is often used in parks, reserves, highway verges, batters and wide median strips but requires well-drained soils. It is known to be both bird and insect attracting, tolerate drought and a moderate frost.[3]
See also

List of Acacia species

References

"Acacia rupicola". World Wide Wattle. Western Australian Herbarium. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
Warren and Gloria Sheather (2017). "Acacia rupicola, Rock Wattle". Australian Planst Society New South Wales. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
"Acacia rupicola Rock Wattle". Plant Selector. Botanical Gardens of South Australia. Retrieved 8 September 2019.