Acacia calyculata is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to Queensland, Australia. It is a glabrous shrub with many stems and thick, flattened branchlets, very narrowly elliptic to narrowly elliptic phyllodes, spikes of white to cream-coloured flowers, and linear, woody pods up to 110mm (4.3in) long.
Acacia calyculata is a glabrous shrub with many stems and the typically grows to a height of 2.5m (8ft 2in). It has thick, flattened branches and brown to grey, flaky bark. Its phyllodes are very narrowly elliptic to narrowly elliptic, 40–125mm (1.6–4.9in) long and 5–25mm (0.20–0.98in) wide with three conspicuous main veins. The flowers are white to cream-coloured and borne in spikes 14–36mm (0.55–1.42in) long. Flowering occurs throughout the year and the pods are linear, tapered near the base, circular to four-sided in cross sectiom, 50–110mm (2.0–4.3in) long and 3–5mm (0.12–0.20in) wide, woody, striated and glabrous containing dark brown, oblong to elliptic seeds 3.5–5.6mm (0.14–0.22in) long with a narrowly cone-shaped aril.[2][3][4]
This species of wattle is endemic to Queensland where it grows in shallow, rocky soils or sand in open forest, woodland, heath or scrub, often on steep hillsides in coastal areas from the Cape York Peninsula down to around Townsville in the south.[2][3]
1 2 Tindale, Mary D.; Kodela, Phillip G. Maslin, Bruce R.; Kodela, Phillip G.; Orchard, Anthony E. (eds.). "Acacia calyculata". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
↑ Tindale, Mary D.; Kodela, Phillip G. "Acacia calyculata". Wattle - Acacias of Australia. Lucid Central. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
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