Scientific Name: Acacia pataczekii Endemic Having a natural distribution confined to a particular geographic region

Common Name: wallys wattle

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Fabaceae

Threatened Species Status: Rare

Permit: It is an offence to collect, disturb, damage or destroy this species unless under permit.

Form Description: Shrub or small slender tree, young branches angular.

Height (m): 5 – 6

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

Fruit: Seed pod – short, wide, brown, flat, purplish when young.

Municipality
Break O’DayDorsetGlamorgan-Spring BayNorthern Midlands
Plant Communities
Wet Eucalypt Forest
Habitat Notes

Local in the north-east at Tower Hill and Rose’s Tier.

Site Tolerance

Moist

Soil Tolerance

Fertile, Loam, Well-drained

General Notes

Named after the forester Wally Pataczek who first found it. Bird attracting. Resistant to Phytophthora cinnamomi. Susceptible to browsing by hares and rabbits.

Propagation Calendar

  • Flowering Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Seed Collecting Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Sowing Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Cutting Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Propagation Method
Seed, Cuttings

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Most acacias are readily propagated by seed. 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 Hot water is used to soften the hard seed case of some species. This replicates the weathering process. Pour hot (not boiling) water over the seeds and allow them to soak for 4-12 hours.

Seed Storage Life

Long

Germination Time

2-5 weeks

Cutting & Division Information

Cuttings are possible with “phyllode bearing” acacias, more so than with “feathery leaved” species.