Acacia rubida
Red-stemmed Wattle, Red-leaved Wattle at Coree, ACT
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| Acacia rubida | MichaelMulvaney | 19 Oct 2018 | |
| Acacia rubida | BettyDonWood | 16 Oct 2018 | |
| Acacia covenyi | PeteWoodall | 15 Oct 2018 |
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16 Oct 2018
Definitely not Acacia covenyi, which has flower heads with only 5-8 flowers, and no mention in the description of the obvious mucros at the leaf tips. I will try to use the Wattle app to ID it. Do you have measurements of leaf length and width?
16 Oct 2018
Hi Betty, Unfortunately I don't have measurements of the leaves. I used Terry Tame's "Acacias of south-east Australia" #182, p. 162 "phyllodes ... apex acute, usually with an oblique, curved mucro, mid-nerve distinct ,,,"
16 Oct 2018
Different keys highlight different features. When I first saw this I thought of Acacia rubida such as https://canberra.naturemapr.org/Community/Sightings/Details/3406694. I think A. covenyi has more blue-green phyllodes.
16 Oct 2018
It fits the description in Wattle quite well, with about the right number of flowers per head, and especially the reddish branchlets. http://worldwidewattle.com/imagegallery/image.php?p=0&l=r&id=23813&o=1
Location information
- Coordinates 148.939696-35.327429
- Maps Cotter Reserve
- Places Coree, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 11 Sep 2018 01:22 PM Recorded on
- PeteWoodall 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
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Racosperma rubidum
Seasonal activity
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In flower
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