Acacia rubida

Red-stemmed Wattle, Red-leaved Wattle at Yass River, NSW

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Identification history

Acacia rubida	25 Aug 2019	MichaelMulvaney
Acacia rubida	24 Aug 2019	BettyDonWood
Acacia melanoxylon	24 Aug 2019	SenexRugosus

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Fourth photo is of juvenile leaves.

2 comments

BettyDonWood wrote:

25 Aug 2019

Definitely not melanoxylon (a single main nerve per phyllode (‘leaf’), about 20 flowers per head and far too many flower heads per cluster). It fits rubida in all characters I have looked at (number of flowers per head, where the gland is above the base of the leaf, colour of branchlet, presence of juvenile leaves, number of leaflets per pinna) except there are far too many pinnae per leaf and the colour of the juvenile leaves is glaucous or grey hairy. I am inclined to think the ‘juvenile leaves’ do not belong to the same plant.

SenexRugosus wrote:

26 Aug 2019

Juvenile leaves are definitely the same plant, which is one of a cluster of a dozen or so. Could it be a hybrid?

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Location information

Coordinates 149.159989 -34.893442
Maps Rugosa
Places Yass River, NSW

Sighting information

16 - 100 Abundance
23 Aug 2019 04:15 PM Recorded on
SenexRugosus Recorded by
Collections
SenexRugosus Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Wattles Plants

Additional information

True In flower
1 metre to 5 metres 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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