Acacia genistifolia
Early Wattle at Hughes, ACT
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| Acacia genistifolia | MichaelMulvaney | 1 Jan 2019 | |
| Acacia genistifolia | ruthkerruish | 20 Dec 2018 |
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Is it unusual for early wattles to fully flower in late December?
3 comments
21 Dec 2018
There are several spiky wattles that look like this. You need a good closeup of a leaf to say which. Waltraud looks at the stipule, like a little splinter, at the base of the leaf. Ulicifolia has it. Genistifolia does not. If this was planted, there are several other possibilities.
21 Dec 2018
Acacia genistifolia is called Early Wattle and normally flowers May-October. Acacia ulicifolia has a shorter flowering season June-September. As Betty says, it could be another species, or maybe the planting has upset its flowering time. Check the leaves, or later on check the pods.
22 Dec 2018
When I blow this image up it does look like early wattle - so perhaps just a tardy specimen
Location information
- Coordinates 149.100403-35.338806
- Altitude 625.2m
- Maps Hughes Garran Woodland Red Hill to Yarralumla Creek
- Places Hughes, ACT
Sighting information
- 6 Abundance
- 16 Dec 2018 05:00 PM Recorded on
- ruthkerruish Recorded by
- Yes In flower
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Species information
- Acacia genistifolia Scientific name
- Early Wattle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 907.08m Recorded at altitude
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In flower
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