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Phantom Wattle - profile

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Scientific name: Acacia phasmoides
Conservation status in NSW: Vulnerable
Commonwealth status: Vulnerable
Profile last updated: 05 Oct 2023

Description

An erect or spreading shrub or tree, 1 - 4 m high with smooth silver-grey bark. The ‘leaves’ (phyllodes or leaf-like structures) are curved, stiff and thread-like, being 5 - 10 cm long and only 1 - 2 mm wide. Golden-yellow flower-heads are produced between September and November. The pods are curved, flat and slender, to 10 cm long and 4 mm wide.

Distribution

The species is only known from one location in NSW: Woomagarma National Park in Greater Hume Shire. It is also found at Burrowa-Pine Mountain National Park in Victoria.

Habitat and ecology

  • Grows in shrubby woodland on sandy, granitic soil near creeks or in rocky crevices.

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Information sources

IBRA Bioregion IBRA Subregion Known or predicted Geographic restrictions region
NSW South Western SlopesInland Slopes Known East of Albury