Acacia lanigera var. lanigera
Woolly Wattle, Hairy Wattle at O'Malley, ACT
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| Acacia lanigera var. lanigera | BettyDonWood | 18 Nov 2018 | |
| Acacia lanigera var. lanigera | BettyDonWood | 18 Nov 2018 | |
| Acacia montana | BettyDonWood | 18 Nov 2018 | |
| Unverified | Mike | 17 Nov 2018 |
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8 comments
18 Nov 2018
There is no other wattle in my key to plants of SE NSW with such furry pods.
https://keys.lucidcentral.org/keys/v3/plants_se_nsw/key/plants_se_nsw/Media/Html/entities/acacia_montana.htm
https://keys.lucidcentral.org/keys/v3/plants_se_nsw/key/plants_se_nsw/Media/Html/entities/acacia_montana.htm
18 Nov 2018
I don't know what happened to my note but this is the same plant as https://canberra.naturemapr.org/Community/Sightings/Details/3868674.
I thought of Hairy Wattle A. lanigera but the pods are not flat.
I thought of Hairy Wattle A. lanigera but the pods are not flat.
18 Nov 2018
You are right. I was too quick iff the mark. Your photos show the leaves with a distinct short, usually shart, point, which Acacia lanigera has. Acacia montana does not have this feature.
19 Nov 2018
Mike this is a rare wattle in the ACT. Given that you have it both on Mugga and Mt Isaacs do you think it is natural or is it a successful translocation of a locally rare species?
19 Nov 2018
There is a lot of planting around the dam in O'Malley (Mugga) but there is only one of this species and I don't think it could have been planted intentionally. I don't think the one on Isaacs Ridge was intentionally planted either.
19 Nov 2018
Thanks Mike - maybe one to keep an eye-on, collect seed from and try to increase numbers at both locations
22 Jan 2019
I have collected 500 seeds from this plant and need some help to propagate them. One of the collection bags blew off and I found it later with plenty of open pods but no seeds - probably taken by ants.
22 Jan 2019
Mike, Greening Australia would probably welcome some of the seed that is excess to your requirements
Location information
- Coordinates 149.113611-35.347778
- Altitude 660.0m
- Maps Mount Mugga Mugga
- Places O'Malley, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 17 Nov 2018 03:20 PM Recorded on
- Mike Recorded by
- No In flower
- 1 metre to 5 metres Plant height
Collections
- Significant Mike Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Acacia lanigera var. lanigera Wattles Plants
Species information
- Acacia lanigera var. lanigera Scientific name
- Woolly Wattle, Hairy Wattle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Rare or uncommon native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 814m Recorded at altitude
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Seasonal activity
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In flower
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