Acacia retinodes |
Acacia pycnantha |
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ever blooming acacia, ever-blooming wattle, swamp wattle, water wattle |
golden wattle |
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| Habit | Shrubs or small trees, erect, to 10 m, often spreading by root suckers. | Shrubs or small trees, erect, to 8 m. |
| Twigs | reddish brown, not flexuous, ridged, glabrous. |
reddish brown, slightly flexuous, terete, glabrous. |
| Leaves | phyllodic; phyllode flat, slightly falcate, linear-lanceolate to narrowly oblanceolate, 30–200 × 3–14 mm, venation pinnate, midvein medial, minor veins not obvious, apex acuminate, apiculate, surfaces glabrous; gland 1, 1–10 mm distal to pulvinus (not obvious, not disciform); pulvinus 1–3 mm. |
phyllodic; phyllode flat, falcate, narrowly elliptic to oblanceolate, 90–150 × 10–35 mm, venation pinnate, midvein medial, minor veins not obvious, apex obtuse, apiculate, surfaces glabrous; gland 1 (or 2), 3–45 mm distal to pulvinus; pulvinus 4–8 mm. |
| Inflorescences | globose heads, densely flowered, 5–7 mm diam., in solitary pseudoracemes of 5–9 heads in leaf axils. |
globose heads, densely flowered, 7–10 mm diam., usually in solitary pseudoracemes of 20–30 heads in leaf axils. |
| Peduncles | 2–5 mm. |
2–5 mm. |
| Flowers | 5-merous, pale yellow to cream; calyx 0.5–0.9 mm; corolla 1.2–1.7 mm; filaments 2.5–3.5 mm; ovary glabrous. |
5-merous, golden yellow; calyx 1.5–2 mm; corolla 2.5–3 mm; filaments 3.5–4.5 mm; ovary glabrous. |
| Legumes | flattened, linear, 40–160 × 4–7 mm, slightly constricted between seeds. |
flattened, linear, 50–130 × 5–7 mm, slightly constricted between seeds. |
| Seeds | aril light yellow, nearly encircling seed. |
aril light yellow, obovate, forming cap on seed. |
| 2n | = 26. |
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Acacia retinodes |
Acacia pycnantha |
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| Phenology | Flowering year-round. | Flowering winter, spring. |
| Habitat | Disturbed coastal habitats. | Disturbed coastal habitats. |
| Elevation | 0–600 m. [0–2000 ft.] | 0–100 m. [0–300 ft.] |
| Distribution |
CA; FL; se Australia [Introduced in North America]
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CA; se Australia [Introduced in North America] |
| Discussion | Acacia retinodes is known from Los Angeles, Marin, Orange, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, and Santa Barbara counties in California, and from Glades and Monroe counties in Florida. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Acacia pycnantha is known from Los Angeles, Marin, Orange, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, and Santa Barbara counties. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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| Name authority | Schlechtendal: Linnaea 20: 664. (1847) | Bentham: London J. Bot. 1: 351. (1842) |
| Source | FNA vol. 11. | FNA vol. 11. |
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