Detail
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Acacia continua
Thorn Wattle
Notes

Uses: As a back-ground or screening plant in mixed native landscapes, wider verges and nature strips or wind-break or feature in parks and reserves.
Attracts birds, native butterflies and insects, caterpillar food plant.
Responds to pruning, can be short-lived.
Note: This species is provisionally classified schedule 1, Regulation 24.2 under the Sewerage Act. Written approval is required prior to planting in streets or roads. It should not be planted closer than two metres to any sewer main or connection

This plant is indigenous to the following botanical regions of South Australia.


:GT: Gairdner-Torrens   
:FR: Flinders Rangers  
:EA: Eastern   
:EP: Eyre Peninsula
:NL: Northern Lofty
:YP: Yorke Peninsula
:SL: Southern Lofty
:SE: South Eastern
 
For detail on these regions refer to the user guide.

  • Height 1-2m
  • Spread 1-2m
  • Position
    • position-fullsun Full Sun
    • position-partshade Part Shade
  • Family Fabaceae
  • Botanical Name Acacia continua
  • Common Name Thorn Wattle
  • Origin SA, NSW
  • Habit Upright to spreading
  • Landscape Plains, Footslopes, Hills
  • Soil Texture Clay, Loam, Sand
  • pH Alkaline, Neutral
  • Tolerates Drought, Moderate frost
  • Supplementary Watering Minimal
  • Flower Colour Gold
  • Flowering Time Spring, Winter
  • Flower Type Globular
  • Purpose Habitat, Noise reduction, Ornamental
  • Evergreen/Deciduous Evergreen
  • Form Low shrub (Up to 1.2m)
  • Indigenous to the Adelaide Region