Acacia pycnantha

Golden Wattle at Molonglo Valley, ACT

Acacia pycnantha at Molonglo Valley, ACT - 5 Sep 2019
Acacia pycnantha at Molonglo Valley, ACT - 5 Sep 2019
Acacia pycnantha at Molonglo Valley, ACT - 5 Sep 2019
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Identification history

Acacia pycnantha 21 Sep 2019 MichaelMulvaney
Acacia pycnantha 5 Sep 2019 galah681

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BettyDonWood wrote:
   6 Sep 2019
Probably. The diagnostics I can see are OK. I would have liked to count the flowers in a head (easiest in late bud) and to have seen a pulvinus (leaf stalk).
http://worldwidewattle.com/imagegallery/image.php?p=0&l=p&id=3504&o=1

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Tiphiidae sp. (family) (Unidentified Smooth flower wasp) at Molonglo Valley, ACT - 22 Feb 2018 by galah681
Laeviscolia frontalis (Two-spot hairy flower wasp) at Molonglo Valley, ACT - 22 Feb 2018 by galah681
Eucalyptus macrorhyncha (Red Stringybark) at Molonglo Valley, ACT - 22 Feb 2018 by galah681
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  • 4 - 15 Abundance
  • 5 Sep 2019 10:52 AM Recorded on
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Additional information

  • True In flower
  • 1 metre to 5 metres Plant height

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