195 years ago, Allan Cunningham collected the type specimen for Acacia fimbriata from a Brisbane/Maiwar river bank. Thus it got its common name the Brisbane golden wattle. Here it is growing in a dry Eucalyptus woodland community on a nutrient-poor, sandy-soil ridge in the #SevenHillsBushlandReserve. The channeling habit which directs rainwater to its roots is obvious. And what a welcome sight is the spectacular inflorescence in the middle of winter!

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