Acacia dawsonii, also known as Dawson's wattle or poverty wattle or mitta wattle,[1] is a shrub of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Plurinerves found along parts of the east coast of Australia
The erect shrub typically grows to a height of 0.5 to 4 metres (2 to 13 ft), with appressed branchlets that are hairy between resinous ridges.[1] Like most species of Acacia it has phyllodes rather than true leaves. The evergreen phyllodes are straight to slightly curved with a very narrowly elliptic to linear shape and a length of 4 to 11 cm (1.6 to 4.3 in) and a width of 2 to 5 mm (0.079 to 0.197 in) with up to ten longitudinal veins of which one or two are usually more prominent that the others.[1] It produces golden yellow flowers that are globular in shape and are found on short racemes from the leaf axils in springtime.[2]
It was first described in 1897 by Richard Baker.[3][4]
It is native to an area down the east coast from as far north as south east Queensland, New South Wales and north east Victoria in the south.[1] Found in open woodland and forests along the slopes and tableland areas. It is not widely cultivated but is quite hardy and suitable for a wide range of climates.[2]
Acacia dawsonii, also known as Dawson's wattle or poverty wattle or mitta wattle, is a shrub of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Plurinerves found along parts of the east coast of Australia
