Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
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Acacia saliciformis
Willow wattle
Fabaceae
Forest, often on rocky ridges and on along streams. Ranges west and north of Sydney. One sighting between Wollongong and Kiama.
Shrub or tree to 7 m tall. Fleshy seed stalks/arils. Bark smooth. Branchlets angled or flattened, hairless, sometimes glaucous, dark red. 'Leaves' alternating up the stems, usually 5-14 cm long, 7-20 mm wide, hairless, with a prominent midvein, tips pointed with a mucro. Flower heads pale yellow to creamy white, globular, 4-8 mm in diameter, 20-45 flowered (easiest seen in late buds), in elongated clusters of 5-22 flower heads. Flowering: usually April–September.
Family was Mimosaceae.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Acacia~saliciformis (accessed 28 April 2021)
World Wide Wattle line drawings, photos, and description: http://www.worldwidewattle.com/imagegallery/image.php?p=0&l=s&id=23816&o=1
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