Scientific Name: Acacia suaveolens

Common Name: sweet wattle

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Fabaceae

Form Description: Shrub with few branches, usually erect.

Height (m): 1 – 2

Flowers: In clusters enclosed in bracts which fall early. Pleasantly fragrant.

Fruit: Seed pod – oblong, flat, leathery, 3-4cm long, purplish-brown, glaucous.

Municipality
Break O’DayBurnieCentral CoastCircular HeadClarenceDevonportDorsetFlindersGeorge TownGlamorgan-Spring BayHuon ValleyKing IslandKingboroughLatrobeNorthern MidlandsTasmanWaratah-WynyardWest CoastWest Tamar
Plant Communities
Coastal VegetationHeath
Habitat Notes

Widespread and frequent in sandy heaths.

Site Tolerance

Dry, Exposed, Windy

Soil Tolerance

Nutrient-poor, Sandy, Well-drained

Frost Tolerance

Hardy

General Notes

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. Monitor carefully as seed is shed on maturity. Pick pods just as they start to dry and change colour. Spread on sheets. Sieve to isolate.

Germination Time

10-30 days

Cutting & Division Information

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