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Scientific Name

Acacia pataczekii

Family Name

MIMOSACEAE

Common Name

Wally's Wattle

Status

Rare

Height

5.0m - 6.0m (500-600cm)

Flowers

Stalked small bright lemon-yellow globular heads of about 15 flowers in spikes of up to 30 heads.

Fruit

Seed pods

Form

Shrub or small slender tree, young branches angular.

Municipalities

Break O'Day; Dorset; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Northern Midlands

Communities

Wet Eucalypt Forest

Habitat Notes

Tas. endemic. Local in the north-east at Tower Hill and Rose's Tier.

Site Tolerance

Moist

Frost Tolerance

Soil Tolerance

Fertile; Loam; Well-drained

General Notes

Named after the forester Wally Pataczek who first found it. Resistant to Phytophthora cinnamomi. Susceptible to browsing by hares and rabbits. Not suitable below powerlines.

Propagation Details

Propagation Calendar

Flowering Months

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Seed Collecting Months

Jan

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Oct

Nov

Dec

Sowing Months

Jan

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Apr

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Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Cutting Months

Jan

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Oct

Nov

Dec

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Short wide brown flat pods, purplish when young. seeds brown/black and hard when ripe. collect pods by hand and place in warm spot to open. clean seed using sieves

Seed Treatment Method

Hot water

Seed Storage Life

Long

Viable Seeds Per Gram

Seed Treatment Notes

Germination Time

2-5 weeks

Suitable for Direct Seeding

Cuttings

Expected Time to Take Root

Expected Time to Plant Out

Propagation by Division N.B. Transplant only from nearby to avoid disease.

Cutting Notes

Most Acacias are readily propagated by seed. Cuttings are possible with "phyllode bearing" Acacias, more so than with "feathery leaved" species.