Acacia dealbata |
Acacia mearnsii |
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blue wattle, silver wattle |
black 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 black, slightly flexuous, ridged, puberulent. |
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, 50–140 mm; petiole 5–30 mm, puberulent, gland present, below proximalmost pinna pair, 0.7–1.5 mm diam., puberulent; rachis glands scattered, with some between pinna pairs (at pinna pair nodes and internodes); pinnae 7–31 pairs, 15–70 mm, 3–7 mm between pinna pairs; leaflets 20–70 pairs per pinna, blades linear, 1.5–3.5 × 0.5–0.8 mm, base cuneate, apex obtuse, not apiculate, surfaces puberulent. |
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, 5–9 mm diam., in axillary pseudoracemes of 20–35 heads or terminal pseudopanicles of 1–10 pseudoracemes. |
Peduncles | 2–6 mm. |
4–9 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, pale yellow to cream; calyx 0.6–1.1 mm; corolla 1.4–2 mm; filaments 3.5–4.5 mm; ovary glabrous. |
Legumes | flattened, oblong, 20–110 × 6–14 mm, constricted between some seeds. |
flattened, linear, 30–140 × 4–8 mm, slightly constricted between seeds. |
Seeds | aril light yellow, obovate, 2–3 mm, forming cap on seed. |
aril light yellow, obovate, 1–2 mm, forming cap on seed. |
2n | = 26. |
= 26. |
Acacia dealbata |
Acacia mearnsii |
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Phenology | Flowering winter, early spring. | Flowering spring, early summer. |
Habitat | Disturbed areas. | Disturbed areas. |
Elevation | 0–300 m. (0–1000 ft.) | 0–400 m. (0–1300 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] |
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 mearnsii is known from Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Diego, and Santa Barbara 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 | ||
Name authority | Link: Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 2: 445. (1822) | De Wildeman: Pl. Bequaert. 3: 61. (1925) — (as mearnsi) |
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