Acacia boormanii Maiden

Growth Habit

Acacia boormanii is a bushy shrub that usually reaches 4 metres (13 feet) in height.

Branchlet Characteristics

It has hairless branchlets, and the ends of the branchlets often have a white, powdery bloom.

Phyllode Shape

Its phyllodes are flat, and shaped either narrowly linear, narrowly lance-shaped with the narrower end at the base, or oblong to narrowly elliptic.

Phyllode Dimensions and Features

Most phyllodes are 30–65 millimetres (1.2–2.6 inches) long and 1–5 millimetres (0.039–0.197 inches) wide, with indistinct veins and a gland 2–16 millimetres (0.079–0.630 inches) above the base.

Inflorescence Structure

Flowers form in five to ten spherical heads arranged on a raceme 10–40 millimetres (0.39–1.57 inches) long, growing from flower stalks that are 2–4 millimetres (0.079–0.157 inches) long.

Flower Head Details

Each flower head is 5–8 millimetres (0.20–0.31 inches) in diameter, and holds five to ten golden-yellow, sweetly-scented flowers.

Flowering Period

Flowering time for this species varies by subspecies.

Seed Pod Characteristics

After flowering, this species produces firmly papery, hairless seed pods that are up to 90 millimetres (3.5 inches) long and 4–6.5 millimetres (0.16–0.26 inches) wide.

Seed Features

The seeds inside the pods are oblong to elliptic, shiny black, 4.5–5 millimetres (0.18–0.20 inches) long, and have a relatively large aril.

Common Name and Main Distribution

This species, commonly called Snowy River wattle, grows in woodland and forest, and occurs from the Cooma district in New South Wales to the rocky slopes and banks of the Snowy River in Victoria.

Subspecies Distribution and Habitat

The subspecies Acacia boormanii subsp. gibba is restricted to Mount Typo and areas near the Rose River in Victoria, where it grows in montane to subalpine forest, mostly on shallow soils.

Naturalised Range

This species has also been recorded as naturalised in the Australian Capital Territory and in some parts of Victoria.

Cultivation Status

This wattle is very popular in cultivation.