Acacia pycnantha
Golden Wattle at Undefined Area
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| Acacia pycnantha | BettyDonWood | 24 Aug 2015 | |
| Acacia pycnantha | SilkeSma | 24 Aug 2015 | |
| Acacia rubida | AaronClausen | 23 Aug 2015 | |
| Unverified | AaronClausen | 23 Aug 2015 |
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8 comments
24 Aug 2015
Hi Aaron, so I see you came across the same acacias I saw the other day. I also wondered what they were. I hope someone can tell us. There are a lot under those power lines, but there are more further up the hill, more widely scattered.
Cheers,
Silke
24 Aug 2015
Interesting Silke. Yeah I have no idea what they are but agree there were quite a few around that way and they were really vibrantly in flower. I'm interesting to know as well... Cheers Aaron.
24 Aug 2015
Aaron, given the time of flowering, 10-20 bright yellow flowers in heads and some red stems, if this is a southern tablelands native I would be looking at descriptions of Acacia rubida
24 Aug 2015
Many thanks Ken, OK I've suggested this species. Keen to know what Betty and others confirm it as.
24 Aug 2015
Hi Aaron, somehow I don't think it's A. rubida. The leaves are a bit too big and nowhere did I see juvenile bipinnate foilage that persists on adult plants. I've suggested A. pycnantha since I remember that there was greyish bark on the young trees. But I'm a bit dubious about the leaf size and shape. Let's see what others think.
24 Aug 2015
Thanks Silke. I was browsing through all our Acacia's yesterday and also noticed A. pycnantha. I agree it looks a good candidate as well. Michael B will likely know...
25 Aug 2015
The flower heads have far too many flower heads for Acacia rubida, but fall well within the range of Acacia pycnantha. When I tested this on my new key, and assuming the flower heads were about 8 mm across, the other possibilities were Acacia melanoxylon (white to pale yellow flowers) and Acacia obtusifolia (very blunt phyllodes), and Acacia pycnantha. I am inclined to think it is Acacia pycnantha. As far as I can see from the photos it fits the descriptions in PlantNET and Flora of Australia.
25 Aug 2015
Awesome, thanks for confirming Betty. I think this one was doing our heads in (well at least mine)... There is a really nice group of this species in the general area, they look fantastic at the moment.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.168400-35.274690
- Maps Mount Ainslie
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 23 Aug 2015 03:24 PM Recorded on
- AaronClausen Recorded by
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Species information
- Acacia pycnantha Scientific name
- Golden Wattle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 764.49m Recorded at altitude
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In flower
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