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There are over 1200 species of acacia occurring in Australia, making it the largest genus of flowering plants in Australia.
Acacia ligulata grows as an erect or spreading shrub, 2 to 4 metres tall, and 3 metres across. It can be dome-shaped and often branches from the ground. The bark is grooved at the base and smooth elsewhere, with branchlets that are angular and have yellowish ribs, often hairy.
Yellow to orange globular flower heads of 5 to 6 millimetres in diameter, singular or 2 to 5 in short axillary racemes (unbranched) that sit on stalks four to ten millimetres long, with each flower head consisting of about 20 tiny flowers, that occur from May to October.
As with most Acacia, they do not have true leaves, they have modified leaves known as phyllodes.
The phyllodes are light blue-green, typically linear-oblong, slightly curved, measuring three to ten centimetres in length and four to ten millimetres in width.
The tip of the phyllode is obtuse with a small hard point directed downward.
Drought-tolerant and resistant to the occasional frost.
The Umbrella bush is found growing on sand dunes, on the fringes of salt lakes, and floodplains.
Acacia ligulata is one of the most widespread species of Acacia in Australia, common to central and southern Australia, mostly south of the Tropic of Capricorn in arid areas.
Acacia is easy to propagate from seed.
Acacia seeds can be sown year-round in much of Australia, but the best time to sow them is when the weather starts to warm in cooler climates.
Germination: Typically occurs within two weeks.
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