Acacia dealbata |
Acacia baileyana |
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blue wattle, silver wattle |
Bailey's acacia, Cootamundra wattle |
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Habit | Shrubs or trees, erect, to 30 m. Twigs dark purplish brown to black, slightly flexuous, ridged, pruinose, densely puberulent. | Shrubs or small trees, erect, to 10 m. Twigs dark purplish brown to nearly black, not flexuous, ridged, pruinose, glabrous or pubescent. |
Leaves | compound, 80–170 mm; petiole 8–22 mm, densely puberulent, gland present, below proximalmost pinna pair, 0.5–1 mm diam., puberulent; rachis gland between most pinna pairs; pinnae 6–30 pairs, 15–55 mm, 2–7 mm between pinna pairs; leaflets 15–70 pairs per pinna, blades linear, 2–5 × 0.4–0.8 mm, base cuneate, apex obtuse to acute, not apiculate, surfaces densely puberulent. |
compound, 10–33 mm; petiole 0–2 mm, glabrous, gland absent; pinnae 2–5 pairs, 10–28 mm, 4–9 mm between pinna pairs; leaflets 8–24 pairs per pinna, blades oblong, 3.5–7.5 × 0.8–1.3 mm, base obtuse, apex obtuse to acute, not apiculate, surfaces glabrous. |
Inflorescences | globose heads, densely flowered, 6–9 mm diam., in axillary pseudoracemes of 11–30 heads or terminal pseudopanicles of 1–15 pseudoracemes. |
globose heads, densely flowered, 4–8 mm diam., in axillary pseudoracemes of 8–35 heads or terminal pseudopanicles of 1–15 pseudoracemes. |
Peduncles | 2–6 mm. |
2–6 mm. |
Flowers | 5-merous, pale yellow to cream; calyx 0.6–1.1 mm; corolla 1.4–2 mm; filaments 3.5–4.5 mm; ovary glabrous. |
5-merous, bright yellow; calyx 0.4–0.9 mm; corolla 1.2–2 mm; filaments 2.5–3.5 mm; ovary glabrous. |
Legumes | flattened, oblong, 20–110 × 6–14 mm, constricted between some seeds. |
flattened, oblong, 30–150 × 7–13 mm, sometimes slightly constricted between some seeds. |
Seeds | aril light yellow, obovate, 2–3 mm, forming cap on seed. |
aril light yellow, obovate, 2–3 mm, forming small cap on seed. |
2n | = 26. |
= 26. |
Acacia dealbata |
Acacia baileyana |
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Phenology | Flowering winter, early spring. | Flowering winter, early spring. |
Habitat | Disturbed areas. | Disturbed areas. |
Elevation | 0–300 m. (0–1000 ft.) | 100–500 m. (300–1600 ft.) |
Distribution |
CA; se Australia [Introduced in North America; introduced also in s South America]
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CA; se Australia [Introduced in North America]
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Discussion | Acacia dealbata is known from Butte, Los Angeles, Marin, Monterey, Napa, Riverside, Sacramento, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, San Bernardino, and San Diego counties. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Acacia baileyana is known from Alameda, Contra Costa, Los Angeles, Monterey, Napa, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, San Diego, and Ventura counties. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 11. | FNA vol. 11. |
Parent taxa | Fabaceae > subfam. Caesalpinioideae (Mimosoid clade) > Acacia | Fabaceae > subfam. Caesalpinioideae (Mimosoid clade) > Acacia |
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Name authority | Link: Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 2: 445. (1822) | F. Mueller: Trans. & Proc. Roy. Soc. Victoria 24: 168. 1888 * Cootamundra wattle |
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