Acacia huegelii

Common name: Huegel’s Wattle

Meaning of name:

Acacia is from the Greek word acis, meaning a pointed instrument. Huegelii honours Carl Alexander Anselm, Baron von Hugel (1796 – 1870), an Austrian traveler and naturalist who visited the Swan River and King George Sound in 1833.

Distribution:

Occurs in the southwest of Western Australia.

Description:

A straggling shrub to 1 metre tall. The cream flowers are produced from July to December.

References:

Western Australian Plant Names and their Meanings, a Glossary. FA Sharr. 1996.

Flora of the Perth Region. NG Marchant, JR Wheeler, BL Rye, EM Bennett, NS Lander, TD Macfarlane. 1987.

Atlas of Living Australia https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://id.biodiversity.org.au/taxon/apni/51286923#overview

Florabase https://florabase.dbca.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/3374