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Acacia falcata
Burra
Acacia · Fabaceae
Acacia falcata, commonly known as burra, sickle-shaped acacia, sally, hickory wattle or silver-leaved wattle, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is an erect, slender shrub or tree with red-brown, glabrous branchlets, sickle-shaped phyllodes, spherical heads of creamy white flowers and linear, leathery pods.
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Classification
Genus
Acacia
Family
Fabaceae
Common name
Burra
Climate
temperate, subtropical
Acacia falcata 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
Landscape use
Locally indigenous habitat planting for Sydney Turpentine-Ironbark Forest conditions.
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Companions
Species we plant alongside Burra.
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Further reading
- 01Native Plants of the Inner West - page 7 — Inner West Council
- 02Tree planting and selection lists — City of Ryde Council