About Acacia sclerophylla Lindl.
Acacia sclerophylla Lindl. is a shrub that typically grows 0.2 to 2.5 metres (1 to 8 ft) tall and up to 3 m (9.8 ft) wide, with a moderately open growth habit. It has glossy green, oblanceolate, slightly sticky phyllodes that range from ascending to erect, and are straight to shallowly incurved. The phyllodes measure 1 to 6 cm (0.39 to 2.36 in) in length and 1 to 5 mm (0.039 to 0.197 in) in width.
This species blooms from August to October, producing prolific yellow flowers. The golden-yellow, spherical flower heads form in leaf axils; each simple inflorescence is 3 to 4 mm (0.12 to 0.16 in) in diameter and holds 12 to 20 individual flowers. After flowering, it produces linear to curved to openly coiled seed pods that grow up to 6 cm (2.4 in) long and 2 to 3 mm (0.079 to 0.118 in) wide. The pods contain oblong to oblong-ovate seeds arranged longitudinally.
It is native to southern parts of South Australia and Victoria, as well as the Wheatbelt and Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia. It also occurs in south-eastern South Australia, eastern Victoria, and south-eastern New South Wales.
This hardy, attractive species is often used for hydroseeding on roadsides. It can grow in a wide range of soil types, requires little maintenance, is drought tolerant, and is frost hardy down to 7 °C (45 °F).
