Acacia genistifolia

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Acacia genistifolia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
Clade: Mimosoid clade
Genus: Acacia
Species:
A. genistifolia
Binomial name
Acacia genistifolia
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Acacia genistifolia commonly known as spreading wattle or early wattle, [2] is a flowering shrub in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to south eastern Australia. It has yellow flowers and short, rigid phyllodes.

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Description

Acacia genistifolia is a small to medium-sized shrub to 3 m (9.8 ft) high. The phyllodes are narrow, rigid, terete or angled, straight or slightly curved, 15 to 30 mm (0.59 to 1.18 in) long and terminate with a sharp point. It has cream or pale yellow flowers that are spherical shaped clusters appearing in the phyllode axils on a peduncle 20 mm (0.79 in) long. The simple inflorescences mostly occur in groups of two to four and the flower-heads contain 12 to 25 flowers. Flowering occurs from July to October and fruit is a straight or curved pod 3–11 cm (1.2–4.3 in) long, 4–6 mm (0.16–0.24 in) wide, leathery, smooth and the seeds longitudinally arranged and 3.5 to 5.5 mm (0.14 to 0.22 in) long. [3] [4] [5]

Taxonomy

Acacia genistifolia was first formally described in 1822 by Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link and the description was published in Enumeratio Plantarum Horti Botanici Regii Berolinensis Altera . [6] [7]

Distribution

The shrub is endemic to south eastern New South Wales, eastern Victoria and eastern Tasmania as a part of open forest or heath communities. [3] The plants range extends from around Dubbo in the north down through the Australian Capital Territory to the Grampians in Victoria. The species is more common in north eastern Tasmania including Bruny and Flinders Islands. It grows in many different types of soils at an altitude of less than 1,000 m (3,300 ft) as a part of dry sclerophyll forest or heathland communities. [4]

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References

  1. "Acacia genistifolia". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
  2. Kodela, P. "Acacia genistifolia". PlantNET-NSW Flora online. Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
  3. 1 2 "Acacia genistifolia". Australian Native Plants Society. 2010. Archived from the original on 9 April 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  4. 1 2 "Acacia genistifolia". World Wide Wattle. Western Australian Herbarium . Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  5. Cosgrove, Meredith (2014). Photographic Guide to Native Plants of the Australian Capital Territory. Meadow Argus. p. 124. ISBN   9780994183408.
  6. Link, Johann (1822). Enumeratio plantarum Horti regii botanici berolinensis altera. Vol. 2. Paris. p. 442.
  7. "Acacia genistifolia". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 29 January 2025.