Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

Acacia mucronata subsp. longifolia

Flowering stem. Photographer Don Wood, Nadgee State Forest south of Eden

Pods. Photographer Bill Strong, Anglesea Heath, Vic

Shrubs. Photographer james Booth, Whittlesea, Vic

Line drawings. c. flowering branch with 'leaf' detail. M Moir, M., National Herbarium of Victoria, © 2021 Royal Botanic Gardens Board

Common name

Narrow-leaf wattle, Variable sallow wattle, Variable sally

Family

Fabaceae

Where found

Forest and woodland, often on granite outcrops or sandstone. Coastal south of Bega. Ranges south from Wadbilliga National Park. Tablelands south of Bombala.

Notes

Shrub or tree to 15 m tall. Fleshy seed stalks/arils. Bark smooth or finely fissured. Branchlets angled or flattened towards the tips, hairy with fine hairs. 'Leaves' alternating up the stems, 1.5-22 cm long, 0.5-12 mm wide, straight or slightly curved, surfaces green or somewhat glaucous, often sparsely appressed-hairy, 1–3 longitudinal veins more or less prominent, tips pointed with a mucro. 1 marginal gland 3–25 mm above the base. Flower heads yellow to creamy white, cylindrical, 10-60 mm long, paired. Flowers Winter to Summer.

Family was Mimosaceae.

Possible hybrids between Acacia mucronata subsp. longifolia and Acacia oxycedrus have been reported.

PlantNET description:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=in&name=Acacia~mucronata  (accessed 27 April 2021)

World Wide Wattle photos and line drawings:  http://www.worldwidewattle.com/imagegallery/image.php?p=0&l=m&id=23748&o=1