Dr. Phyto

Golden wattle

Acacia pycnantha

Diseases & pests on this plant

• Wattle rust (gall rust)Uromycladium tepperianum

  Chocolate-brown, powdery galls form on stems, phyllodes, flower buds and pods, with swollen and distorted growth. Galls dry into hard woody masses; heavy, repeated galling causes branch dieback and, over several seasons, can kill susceptible wattles.

• Phytophthora root + crown rotPhytophthora cinnamomi

  Sudden wilting + collapse of mature trees during summer heat stress, dark sunken cankers at base of trunk often oozing dark sap, root system rotted away to small white feeder roots only, gradual general decline + sparse foliage 1-3 years before final collapse, characteristic V-shaped soil-line lesion when bark peeled back.