Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Acacia longissima
Common name
Long-leaf wattle, Narrow-leaf wattle
Family
Fabaceae
Where found
Wet forest, dry forest, woodland, and moist gullies. Coast and ranges. Eastern edge of the tablelands south of Bombala and north of Moss Vale.
Notes
Shrub to 6 m tall. Fleshy seed stalks/arils. Bark smooth. Branchlets slightly ribbed, angled or flattened towards the tips, sparsely hairy to hairless, often with lenticels. 'Leaves' alternating up the stems, 6-30 cm long, 1-10 mm wide, more or less straight, surfaces hairless or with a few appressed hairs, midvein prominent, tips pointed or somewhat pointed. Hairless flower stalks. Flower heads pale yellow to white, cylindrical, 20-50 mm long, in 1-3 flowered clusters. Flowers most of the year.
Family was Mimosaceae.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Acacia~longissima (accessed 27 April 2021)
World Wide Wattle photos, line drawings and description: http://www.worldwidewattle.com/imagegallery/image.php?p=0&l=l&id=23724&o=1
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