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Bower Wattle (Acacia cognata)
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.

Acacia decurrens
Australian nativeTree
Acacia decurrens

Black Wattle

Acacia falcata
Australian nativeLocally indigenous
Acacia falcata

Burra

Fringed Wattle (Acacia fimbriata)
Australian nativeTree
Acacia fimbriata

Fringed Wattle

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Further reading

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    Acacia cognata taxon photographAtlas of Living Australia image service