This small shrub has upright slender stems that form a loose rounded crown. It has dark green needle-like linear leaves that are pointed and the yellow ball-shaped flowers appear singly towards the end of the branches from late winter to early spring.

Hardiness zones 8 to 10 

Acacia enterocarpa is naturally found in Australia growing in the dry inland regions from South Australia to Victoria in well drained, moderately fertile stony soils in an open sunny position and is frost and drought resistant.

The Jumping Jack Wattle is grown for its flowers and its hardiness. It is used in parks and gardens as a specimen or filler plant for shrub borders and planted in arid settings. It is suitable for coastal or inland regions establishing in 2 to 3 years and used for roadside plantings or on embankments. ID 2441

Acacia (a-KAY-see-a)  enterocarpa  (en-ter-o-kar-pa)

Fabaceae (fab-AY-see-ee)
subfamily Mimosoideae 
Wattles