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Acacia rubida

Red-stemmed Wattle, Red-leaved Wattle at Majura, ACT

Acacia rubida at Majura, ACT - 20 Mar 2018 11:44 AM
Acacia rubida at Majura, ACT - 20 Mar 2018 11:44 AM
Acacia rubida at Majura, ACT - 20 Mar 2018 11:44 AM
Acacia rubida at Majura, ACT - 20 Mar 2018 11:44 AM
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Acacia rubida 10 Aug 2018 MichaelMulvaney
Unverified 20 Mar 2018 waltraud

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Perhaps A. floribunda. I noticed that A. floribunda is not listed in the 2017 ACT Census of Vascular Plants.

6 comments

Mike wrote:
   21 Mar 2018
Acacia floribunda is in the Census as Doubtfully naturalised. Possibly a number of specimens from several sites would remove the doubt. Some of the CNM sightings were originally called A. longifolia which is another introduced wattle.
MichaelMulvaney wrote:
   22 Mar 2018
Bit hard to tell from photo - but Waltraud you should check that it is not Acacia rubies
Mike wrote:
   22 Mar 2018
Did you mean A.rubida? The perils of predictive text. I don't see any bipinnate juvenile foliage often seen on A. rubida but otherwise it is a good fit.
waltraud wrote:
   22 Mar 2018
Thanks for comments M&M
There were a number of young plants of the same type, ie with the same phyllodes, but none showed the typical A. rubida bipinnate juvenile foliage. I will try to take more & better photographs. There are all kinds of wattles (and grevilleas) planted along Federal Highway so it can be any species ...
MichaelMulvaney wrote:
   22 Mar 2018
Thanks Waltraud we may have to wait for pods for positive ID
rainer wrote:
   10 Aug 2018
Definitely not A. floribundas. Could be anything having escaped from roadside plantings which are numerous along the highway. However, looks like on of the forms of A. rubida. In Grassland Flora, we noted two forms of A. rubida. There is a more common form from lower sites, and a sparser, lower form with bluish leaves from higher, rockier sites.

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