Acacia rubida
Red-stemmed Wattle, Red-leaved Wattle at Yass River, NSW
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| Acacia rubida | MichaelMulvaney | 25 Aug 2019 | |
| Acacia rubida | BettyDonWood | 24 Aug 2019 | |
| Acacia melanoxylon | SenexRugosus | 24 Aug 2019 |
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User's notes
Fourth photo is of juvenile leaves.
2 comments
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.
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?
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
- Yes In flower
- 1 metre to 5 metres Plant height
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Species information
- Acacia rubida Scientific name
- Red-stemmed Wattle, Red-leaved Wattle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1225.21m Recorded at altitude
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Synonyms
Racosperma rubidum
Seasonal activity
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In flower
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