Acacia
dawsonii is native to the Northern Tablelands of NSW as well as
other parts of NSW, Victoria and Queensland. Large populations occur along the
road to the coast, east of Armidale. Acacia dawsonii is a small erect
shrub with long narrow phyllodes and yellow spring flowers. Each head is
composed of four to eight individual flowers. Most Acacias have many more
flowers/head than this. Acacia dawsonii has colonised a road cutting
east of Armidale and in this exposed situation has developed into dense
mounded shrubs. They are helping to reduce soil erosion on the cutting. Acacia
dawsonii could be grown on embankments, as foreground plants in
shrubberies and informal hedges. Pruning, after flowering, is appreciated.
Propagate from seeds and perhaps cuttings.