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blue wattle, silver wattle

Bailey's acacia, Cootamundra wattle

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

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
from FNA
CA; se Australia [Introduced in North America; introduced also in s South America]
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from FNA
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
Sibling taxa
A. auriculiformis, A. baileyana, A. cultriformis, A. cyclops, A. decurrens, A. longifolia, A. mearnsii, A. melanoxylon, A. paradoxa, A. pycnantha, A. redolens, A. retinodes, A. saligna, A. verticillata
A. auriculiformis, A. cultriformis, A. cyclops, A. dealbata, A. decurrens, A. longifolia, A. mearnsii, A. melanoxylon, A. paradoxa, A. pycnantha, A. redolens, A. retinodes, A. saligna, A. verticillata
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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