About Acacia calyculata A.Cunn. ex Benth.
Acacia calyculata A.Cunn. ex Benth. is a glabrous, multi-stemmed shrub that typically grows to a height of 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in). It has thick, flattened branches and brown to grey flaky bark. Its phyllodes are very narrowly elliptic to elliptic, 40–125 mm (1.6–4.9 in) long, 5–25 mm (0.20–0.98 in) wide, and marked with three conspicuous main veins. The flowers are white to cream-coloured and arranged in spikes 14–36 mm (0.55–1.42 in) long. Flowering can occur throughout the year. The seed pods are linear, tapered near the base, circular to four-sided in cross section, 50–110 mm (2.0–4.3 in) long, 3–5 mm (0.12–0.20 in) wide, and are woody, striated, and glabrous. The pods contain dark brown, oblong to elliptic seeds 3.5–5.6 mm (0.14–0.22 in) long, with a narrowly cone-shaped aril.
This wattle species is endemic to Queensland, Australia. It grows in shallow rocky soil or sand in open forest, woodland, heath, or scrub, and is most often found on steep hillsides in coastal areas, ranging from the Cape York Peninsula down to around Townsville in the south.
