Description
Small tree with rounded crown, 4-10m high.
Foliage
Branchlets grey-green, narrow and cylindrical, long and pendulous.
Flowers
Male flower is a yellowish-brown spike in Spring. Female produces hard woody cones, large and spiky.
Glands found along the leaf stem are hairy, numerous and irregularly spaced. Flowers Pale yellow balls, strongly scented, in dense racemes.
Habitat
Occurs on plains, dry ridges and rocky outcrops generally on shallow, gravelly soils.
Special Notes
Long-lived: 50-100 years. Improves soil fertility through nitrogen fixation. Tolerates drought, frost and strong winds.
Value to Wildlife
Attracts seed-eating birds such as parrots, cockatoos.