Acacia oswaldii

The shrub or tree typically grows to a height of It blooms from October to December and produces yellow flowers. Seeds can be collected from March to May and sown from November to February and will germinated in 3 to 10 weeks. A. oswaldii can also be grown from cuttings. ==Distribution==

It is native to an area in the central and southern regions of South Australia and the Northern Territory, south west Queensland, western New South Wales, and the Pilbara and Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia. The distribution is wide but scattered throughout arid, semi-arid and subtropical areas in all states on the mainland, occurring mainly in calcareous sands or loamy soils. ==Classification==

The species was initially described by the botanist Ferdinand von Mueller in 1863 in the journal Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae. Several synonyms are known including Racosperma oswaldii, Acacia sessiliceps, Acacia amaliae var. amaliae, Acacia osswaldi, Acacia amaliae, Acacia oswaldi var. abbreviata and Acacia amaliae var. orthophylla. The name honours Ferdinand Oswald, who was involved with the collection of the type specimen. The type specimen was collected by von Mueller in 1851 near Blanchetown on the Murray River. ==See also==