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LAMBS TAIL WATTLE
Acacia leiocalyx
Plant Family
Fabaceae
Alternative Common Names
Black Wattle, Early Black Wattle, Early Flowering Black Wattle, curracabah.
This is a small Acacia tree with furrowed bark. It is short-lived and grows 6–7 metres tall, with a trunk about 180 mm in diameter.
Leaves - sickle-shaped green with prominent veins, with the bottom two joined near the base.
Flowers - yellow, in narrow spikes.
Pods - narrow and rather curly and grow in loose bunches.
Flowering from June to October.
Habitat
It is widespread and common in eucalypt woodlands, especially on well-drained, shallow soils.
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