This variable spiny shrub has slender spreading woody stems and pubescent branchlets that form a bushy mounded habit. it has pointed leathery green oval leaves and the tiny yellow tube-shaped flowers appear in a globular cluster during winter.

Hardiness zones 9 to 11

Acacia idiomorphais naturally found in Western Australia from Perth to above Geraldton on the coast and slightly inland. It appears in coastal heathlands or on rocky cliffs, dunes and is commonly associated with water courses in mallee groves or shrubland.

It prefers an open to expose sunny position and grows in very well drained sandy or sandy loam over sandstone or limestone and is drought tolerant but frost tender.

This wattle is grown for its spreading habit and its flowers. It is planted in small or arid gardens as a specimen or grown on embankments as a ground cover. It is also used in larger rockeries and is ideal for seaside plantings. It can be grown in large tubs or planter boxes and used in roof gardens. It is suitable for coastal and inland regions, establishes in 3-4 years. It is not commonly cultivated and may be difficult to obtain outside its native region requiring a specialist nursery. ID 3803

Acacia(a-KAY-see-a) idiomorpha(ID-ee-oh-MOR-fa)

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