Acacia vestita

Hairy Wattle at Isaacs, ACT

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Identification history

	Acacia vestita	24 Feb 2015	BettyDonWood
	Acacia vestita	19 Feb 2015	Mike

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5 comments

BettyDonWood wrote:

22 Feb 2015

I suspect this is Acacia pravissima.This has hairless to slightly hairy branchlets, angled towards the tips. Acacia vestita is doubtfully naturalised in the ACT. Its branchlets are cylindrical and densely hairy. I cannot tell from the photo which it is.

Mike wrote:

22 Feb 2015

Betty, is the extra photo more useful? If not, I will get another. I thought it was a pendulous A. pravissima too but when I got close it was quite different from the A. pravissima in my garden. Isaacs Ridge has a number of non-local acacias and a number of plants listed as 'doubtfully naturalised'.

BettyDonWood wrote:

22 Feb 2015

We need a good closeup of a leaf to see the venation and whether it is hairy or not. A vestita has leaves that are hairy, at least on the margins, and a single prominent midvein. A pravissima is usually hairless and has 2 longitudinal veins, one more obvious than the other. Also a closeup of a branchlet tip to check whether it is angled and hairless or sparsely hairy (A. pravissima), or cylindrical and hairy (A. vestita),

Mike wrote:

24 Feb 2015

I have added a closeup of the leaves (Feb 2015) and a seedpod. Should I add a photo of the shrub in flower as a separate sighting because it will be a different date?

BettyDonWood wrote:

25 Feb 2015

The hairy branchlets and leaves clinches it as Acacia vestita. Unfortunatey the inside of the pods of both species are similar.

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Location information

Sighting information

At least 1 Abundance
23 May 2014 12:21 PM Recorded on
Mike Recorded by
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Plants Wattles Mike Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Species information

Acacia vestita Scientific name
Hairy Wattle Common name
Not Sensitive
Non-local native
Minor weed or pest
Up to 807.32m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning
In flower