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Sighting 3868284

Acacia rubida

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

Acacia rubida at Coree, ACT - 11 Sep 2018 01:22 PM
Acacia rubida at Coree, ACT - 11 Sep 2018 01:22 PM
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Acacia rubida 19 Oct 2018 MichaelMulvaney
Acacia rubida 16 Oct 2018 BettyDonWood
Acacia covenyi 15 Oct 2018 PeteWoodall

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BettyDonWood wrote:
   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?
PeteWoodall wrote:
   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 ,,,"
Mike wrote:
   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.
BettyDonWood wrote:
   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

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