Acacia rubida

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

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Identification history

	Acacia rubida	10 Sep 2021	MichaelMulvaney
	Acacia rubida	24 Aug 2019	KumikoCallaway

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6 comments

BettyDonWood wrote:

25 Aug 2019

Probably OK. I am somewhat concerned that in a plant as young as this it appears that there is no sign of juvenile leaves. Also I cannot see any glands on the leaves.

KumikoCallaway wrote:

26 Aug 2019

What are other possible species? I would like to read on the similar species too.

BettyDonWood wrote:

26 Aug 2019

When I used my free app Plants of South Eastern New South Wales, inputting Major Plant Group -Wattles; Compound leaves - No; Flower head shape - globular/spherical; and number of tiny flowers/florets in a head - 9-20, about 70 possibles came up, not including Acacia howittii, which is not listed in the app. You could cut that down a lot by counting the number of flowers in a head yourself and inputting leaf length and width.
The online version of the app is https://apps.lucidcentral.org/plants_se_nsw/text/intro/index.html and has had several mistakes fixed which are not yet in the app.
Some details about Acacia howittii are at http://worldwidewattle.com/imagegallery/image.php?p=0&l=h&id=23681&o=1

KumikoCallaway wrote:

26 Aug 2019

Thank you, Betty. I now know how to use it and narrow them down. I will try to get more details.

Mike wrote:

26 Aug 2019

Once you think you are close to an identification, check the images on Canberra Nature Map Quick Search. You can often find pictures of the plant at the same stage of flowering.

KumikoCallaway wrote:

26 Aug 2019

Thank you, Mike. I will do that.

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Sighting information

1 Abundance
24 Aug 2019 03:00 PM Recorded on
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Additional information

30cm to 1 metre Plant height

Species information

Acacia rubida Scientific name
Red-stemmed Wattle, Red-leaved Wattle Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1172.5m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning
In flower
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Synonyms
Racosperma rubidum

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