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Australian native
Acacia cognata
Bower Wattle
Acacia · Fabaceae
Acacia cognata, commonly known as bower wattle, river wattle or narrow-leaf bower-wattle, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to south-eastern continental Australia. It is an erect or spreading shrub or tree with willowly and arching branchlets, narrowly linear phyllodes, spherical heads of pale lemon-yellow flowers and linear, papery, glabrous, pods.
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Classification
Genus
Acacia
Family
Fabaceae
Common name
Bower Wattle
Climate
temperate, subtropical
Acacia cognata belongs to the Acacia genus within the Fabaceae family. It performs reliably across temperate, subtropical zones in our experience. It is an Australian native we grow and specify regularly.
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Cultivation
Care sheet.
Water
Low once established
Light
Full sun to part shade
Soil
Free-draining, low phosphorus
Growth rate
Moderate to fast
Mature size
Varies by species
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Cultivars
Selected named varieties and which job each is best suited to.
'Limelight'
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Companions
Species we plant alongside Bower Wattle.
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Further reading
- 01Acacia cognata taxon photograph — Atlas of Living Australia image service
