Acacia clandullensis facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Gold dust wattle
Scientific classification
Genus:	Acacia
Species:	clandullensis
Occurrence data from AVH

Acacia clandullensis, also known as gold dust wattle, is a type of shrub. It belongs to the large Acacia family, which includes many wattle plants. This plant is special because it only grows in New South Wales, Australia. This means it is endemic to that area.

What Does Gold Dust Wattle Look Like?

This shrub usually grows to be about 1 to 2 meters (3 to 6.5 feet) tall. It has branches that hang down a bit and are covered in tiny hairs. Instead of regular leaves, the gold dust wattle has special flattened stems called phyllodes. Most Acacia plants have these. The phyllodes are crowded together and are shaped like circles or wide ovals. They are small, about 0.4 to 1.6 centimeters long and 3 to 11 millimeters wide. When they are young, these light green phyllodes have a few hairs. They also have a clear vein running down the middle.

How Was It Named?

Scientists Barry Conn and Terry Tame first officially described this plant in 1996. They wrote about it in a scientific paper called A revision of the Acacia uncinata group (Fabaceae-Mimosoideae). This paper was published in the journal Australian Systematic Botany. For a short time in 2003, another scientist named Leslie Pedley reclassified it. But in 2006, it was moved back into the Acacia group. The gold dust wattle looks quite similar to another plant called Acacia sertiformis.

Where Does Gold Dust Wattle Grow?

This plant is mostly found in areas around Clandulla and Glen Davis. It grows at higher altitudes, meaning in places that are quite elevated. You can find it in stony, sandy, or clay-loam soils. It often grows as part of open woodlands where Eucalyptus rossii trees are common.

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