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Acacia iteaphylla

Flinders Ranges Wattle

Family FabaceaeGenus Acacia

Also published as Acacia iteophylla. You are in the right place.

Small pale yellow flower spikes among narrow blue-green phyllodes
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About the plant

What it is and where it grows — not part of any germination protocol.

Safety

Toxicity
Low severity; mildly toxic if ingestedNotes from web searches

The plant

Habit
shrubPlants of the World Online
Habit
Perennial, Shrub, TreeNotes from web searches
Height
6-13 ft1.8-4 mNotes from web searches
Flower
Fragrant yellow flowersNotes from web searches
Blooms
Late fall to springNotes from web searches
Native range
South AustraliaGBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Hardiness zones
9-10Notes from web searches
Note
Likes to be dry during summerNotes from web searches

Growing conditions

Sun
Full sun, partial shadeNotes from web searches
Soil
Adaptable to various soil conditionsNotes from web searches
Organic matter
LowNotes from web searches
Watering
Low water needs, drought tolerant once establishedNotes from web searches

Toxicity is noted only where a source states it. No note here is not a finding of safety.

Sources: Plants of the World Online — Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Notes from web searches — Amir Abed; GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Worth knowing

  • Flinders Range wattle is endemic to South Australia but has become an environmental weed elsewhere. Fast-growing, it is used in gardens as a screen or low windbreak, and it tolerates salty soil, frost and, once established, drought. Wikipedia: Acacia iteaphylla

This source reports two treatments. Both are shown.

Protocol 1

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1993

Difficulty Low Rated by us, not by the source.

Start around March 23, 2027 for a May 3 last frost.

  1. Nick or sand the seed coat

    Make a hole in the seed coat.

  2. Sow and cover

    Temperature: 70°F 21°C

No stated waiting before sowing. Then 13 days to germinate.

55% germination in 2–13 days.

The seed coat is impervious. Deno makes a hole in it.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed. — N. C. Deno, 1993 · Ch. 20, Acacia p. 83Public domain
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Acacia (Fabaceae). A. iteophylla has an impervious seed coat. It germ. 70(6/11 in 2-13 d, hole in seed coat) and 70(1/13 On 4th d, control).
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed., Ch. 20, Acacia p. 83. Quoted exactly. Every value on this card comes from this record, except the difficulty rating, which is ours; the step names come from a fixed list.

Protocol 2

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1993

Difficulty High Rated by us, not by the source.

Start around April 1, 2027 for a May 3 last frost.

  1. Sow and cover

    Temperature: 70°F 21°C

No stated waiting before sowing. Then 4 days to germinate.

8% germination in 4 days.

Sown without making a hole in the seed coat, one seed of thirteen germinated.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed. — N. C. Deno, 1993 · Ch. 20, Acacia p. 83Public domain
Show the original text
Acacia (Fabaceae). A. iteophylla has an impervious seed coat. It germ. 70(6/11 in 2-13 d, hole in seed coat) and 70(1/13 On 4th d, control).
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed., Ch. 20, Acacia p. 83. Quoted exactly. Every value on this card comes from this record, except the difficulty rating, which is ours; the step names come from a fixed list.

How each step is done, in Deno’s words, and what Verified and Derived mean.

Germination trials

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