Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
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Acacia genistifolia
Early wattle, Spreading wattle
Fabaceae
Dry forest, woodland, heath, and roadsides. Ranges, tablelands, ACT, and the Western Slopes. Coastal south of Eden and north of Sydney.
Shrub to 3 m tall. Fleshy seed stalks/arils. Bark smooth. Branchlets ribbed, angled at the tips, mostly hairless. Sharp-pointed 'leaves'. 'Leaves' alternating up the stems, 1-8 cm long, 1-3 mm wide, more or less rigid, straight to slightly curved, cylindrical or 4-angled, surfaces hairless, 'leaves' tapering abruptly to a sharp point. Stipules about 1 mm long, sometimes falling early. 1 marginal gland near the base.. Flower heads pale cream to yellow, globular, 12-30 flowered (easiest seen in late buds), 4-8 mm in diameter, single or in pairs. Flowers Autumn to Spring.
Family was Mimosaceae.
All native plants on unleased land in the ACT are protected.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Acacia~genistifolia (accessed 27 April 2021)
World Wide Wattle line drawings, photos, and description: http://www.worldwidewattle.com/imagegallery/image.php?p=0&l=g&id=20573&o=1
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