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White Sally Wattle (Acacia floribunda)
Australian nativeTreeCouncil listedLocally indigenous
Acacia floribunda

White Sally Wattle

Acacia · Fabaceae

Acacia floribunda, commonly known as white sally wattle, gossamer wattle, river wattle or white-sallow wattle, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a spreading shrub or tree with often pendulous branches covered with soft hairs, linear to narrowly lance-shaped phyllodes, spikes of pale yellow to more or less white flowers and straight to strongly curved, firmly papery pods.

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Classification

Genus
Acacia
Family
Fabaceae
Common name
White Sally Wattle
Climate
temperate, subtropical

Acacia floribunda 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

Maintain current usage

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Companions

Species we plant alongside White Sally Wattle.

Bower Wattle (Acacia cognata)
Australian native
Acacia cognata

Bower Wattle

Acacia decurrens
Australian nativeTree
Acacia decurrens

Black Wattle

Acacia falcata
Australian nativeLocally indigenous
Acacia falcata

Burra

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Further reading

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    Acacia floribunda taxon photographAtlas of Living Australia image service
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