About Acacia neriifolia A.Cunn. ex Benth.
Acacia neriifolia A.Cunn. ex Benth. is an evergreen tree or shrub. It typically grows 3 to 8 metres (9.8 to 26.2 feet) tall, and can reach up to 8 metres (26 feet) wide. It most often has an erect to spreading growth habit, with branchlets that become flattened or angled toward their tips. The branchlets are covered in fine silvery white hairs, which may look yellowish on young shoots, and the branchlets are often coated in a fine white powder. Like most Acacia species, this plant has phyllodes instead of true leaves. These silvery-green phyllodes are roughly linear to narrowly elliptic in shape, and are either straight or slightly curved. They measure around 5 to 15 centimetres (2.0 to 5.9 inches) long and 4 to 9 millimetres (0.16 to 0.35 inches) wide, are covered in fine hairs, and have a clearly visible prominent midvein. It blooms between July and October, producing inflorescences grouped in clusters of 8 to 20 on an axillary raceme, along a central axis that is 3 to 9 centimetres (1.2 to 3.5 inches) long. The spherical flower heads are 3.5 to 7 millimetres (0.14 to 0.28 inches) in diameter, and hold 20 to 40 yellow to bright yellow flowers. After flowering, it forms thinly leathery, flat seed pods that are straight to slightly curved, 6 to 18 centimetres (2.4 to 7.1 inches) long and 6 to 10 millimetres (0.24 to 0.39 inches) wide. This species is endemic to Queensland and New South Wales in Australia. In New South Wales, it grows on the eastern tablelands and slopes of the Great Dividing Range, extending from around Tamworth and Barradine in the south northward into Queensland. It is commonly found around granite outcrops, as a member of dry sclerophyll forest and woodland plant communities. When grown in cultivation in gardens, it is useful as a shade tree or an informal screen. It grows well in full sun or partial shade, and is drought tolerant.
