Acacia fasciculifera, commonly known as scrub ironbark, rosewood, rose wattle,[2] or scaly bark,[3] is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to Queensland, Australia. It is a tree with pendulous, glabrous branchlets, narrowly oblong to narrowly elliptic phyllodes, spherical heads of creamy-coloured flowers and linear, thinly leathery pods.
Acacia fasciculifera is a tree that usually grows to a height of up to about 10m (33ft) and forms a dense canopy. Its branchlets are pendulous and normally glabrous. The phyllodes are narrowly oblong to narrowly elliptic, 40–150mm (1.6–5.9in) long and 7–20mm (0.28–0.79in) wide, slightly leathery with a prominent midrib and marginal veins. The flowers are borne in two to eight spherical heads in racemes1–3mm (0.039–0.118in) long, often appearing as clusters in axils, on a peduncle10–29mm (0.39–1.14in) long. Each head has 20 to 40 cream-coloured flowers. Flowering usually occurs in summer, and the pods are thinly leathery, up to 125mm (4.9in) long and usually 10–13mm (0.39–0.51in) wide with a prominent marginal vein. The seeds are oblong to round and flat, usually 6–7mm (0.24–0.28in) long, slightly shiny dark brown, with a small aril.[2][4][5]
Scrub ironbark is mainly found from near Boonah in the south up to near Rockhampton with a few scattered populations further north to near Bowen. It is found on ridges and along creeks in Eucalyptus forest, or with Brigalow (Acacia harpophylla).[2][5]
1234Maslin, Bruce R. Kodela, Phillip G. (ed.). "Acacia fasciculifera". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
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