Dawson's wattle | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Caesalpinioideae |
Clade: | Mimosoid clade |
Genus: | Acacia |
Species: | A. dawsonii |
Binomial name | |
Acacia dawsonii | |
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Occurrence data from AVH |
Acacia dawsonii, also known as Dawson's wattle or poverty wattle or mitta wattle, [1] is a shrub of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Plurinerves found along parts of the east coast of Australia
The erect shrub typically grows to a height of 0.5 to 4 metres (2 to 13 ft), with appressed branchlets that are hairy between resinous ridges. [1] Like most species of Acacia it has phyllodes rather than true leaves. The evergreen phyllodes are straight to slightly curved with a very narrowly elliptic to linear shape and a length of 4 to 11 cm (1.6 to 4.3 in) and a width of 2 to 5 mm (0.079 to 0.197 in) with up to ten longitudinal veins of which one or two are usually more prominent that the others. [1] It produces golden yellow flowers that are globular in shape and are found on short racemes from the leaf axils in springtime. [2]
It was first described in 1897 by Richard Baker. [3] [4]
It is native to an area down the east coast from as far north as south east Queensland, New South Wales and north east Victoria in the south. [1] Found in open woodland and forests along the slopes and tableland areas. It is not widely cultivated but is quite hardy and suitable for a wide range of climates. [2]
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