This shrub to small tree has a short dark grey trunk with spreading branches that form a rounded crown. It has grey green leathery sickle-shaped leaves and the bright yellow flower spikes appear along the stems from summer to autumn.

Hardiness zones 10 to 12

Acacia disparrimais naturally found in Australia growing from northern New South Wales along the edges of rainforest commonly associated with water courses to coastal Queensland, southern New Guinea, the Northern Territory and extending to north-west Western Australia. It is found growing in a variety of habitats including undulating highlands or steep rocky slopes, open woodlands and flat coastal plains.

It prefers a warm to hot humid subtropical to tropical region and grows in an open sunny position in well-drained sandy clay soils that are very acid and of low fertility with a pH range of 3.5-6. It is drought and frost tender and appears from sea level to an altitude of 1,000 m (3,280 ft).

Brush Ironbark is grown for its flowers and tree-like habit. It is planted in parks and gardens along borders for screening or to attract native birds. It is also grown in subtropical or tropical gardens as a specimen for shade and is planted in reforestation programmes where the soil is poor (nitrogen fixing).

It is suitable for coastal inland regions and establishes in 3-5 years and is moderately long lived. This large shrub is also grown for its reddish-brown heartwood which is hard and heavy and is used in cabinet work or furniture, flooring, boat building, joinery and for tool handles. ID 3350

Acacia(a-KAY-see-a) disparrima (dis-PAR-ree-ma)

Note:
The tree forms a trunk up to 1 m (3 ft) in diameter with hard dark grey bark that is up to 10 mm (? in) thick and is longitudinally fissured and peels off in long strips.

Fabaceae (fab-AY-see-ee)
subfamilyMimosoideae     (Mimosaceae)     
Wattles