Acacia rubida
Red-stemmed Wattle, Red-leaved Wattle at Hughes, ACT
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| Acacia rubida | MichaelMulvaney | 4 Oct 2017 | |
| Unverified | ruthkerruish | 17 Sep 2017 |
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13 comments
20 Sep 2017
Afraid not. The flower clusters are in panicles (branched) rather than racemes (unbranched) as occurs in floribunda.
22 Sep 2017
Phyllodes have slight kink near gland locations. Other features seem consistent with Acacia adunca.
22 Sep 2017
Your photo is OK. I have not got round to trying to ID it from scratch, which is difficult. Could you give me measurements for typical leaf length and width. Also whether the stalks of individual flower heads are hairy or not, and the colour of the hairs.
22 Sep 2017
Typical leaf length is 9-10mm
Typical leaf width is 5-6mm
No hairs on individual flower heads.
I took an herbarium specimen of this wattle.
Hope the above is useful
Typical leaf width is 5-6mm
No hairs on individual flower heads.
I took an herbarium specimen of this wattle.
Hope the above is useful
22 Sep 2017
If you have taken it into the Botanic Gardens, they will be able to use characters not easily seen on a photo to get to the correct ID. I presume the leaf length should have been in cm, not mm.
29 Sep 2017
I tried IDing from scratch, assuming it originated in NSW or Vic. Not much luck. Nothing that came up really fitted.
4 Oct 2017
Ruth, can you provide location please. I am in town tomorrow and will arrange to collect a specimen - unless you have already placed a specimen with the botanic gardens?
4 Oct 2017
Geoff I have confirmed this as an Acacia sp. which should enable you to see the location - can you let me know the identity if you can work it out - Thanks
4 Oct 2017
I haven't taken it to ANBG - it is at the corner of McNicoll and Poynton st.
5 Oct 2017
I collected a specimen this morning (4 Oct 2017). The specimen is Acacia rubida, using 3 source keys to ID it. More information can be provided if needed. The racemes are actually simple, not branched, with this not being shown very clearly in the close-up photograph.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.097278-35.335846
- Altitude 608.2m
- Places Hughes, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 17 Sep 2017 12:00 AM Recorded on
- ruthkerruish Recorded by
- Yes In flower
- 1 metre to 5 metres Plant height
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Species information
- Acacia rubida Scientific name
- Red-stemmed Wattle, Red-leaved Wattle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1225.21m Recorded at altitude
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Synonyms
Racosperma rubidum
Seasonal activity
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In flower
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