Acacia rubida

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

Acacia rubida at Yass River, NSW - 23 Aug 2019
Acacia rubida at Yass River, NSW - 23 Aug 2019
Acacia rubida at Yass River, NSW - 23 Aug 2019
Acacia rubida at Yass River, NSW - 23 Aug 2019
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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.

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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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