Box-leaf Wattle at Garran, ACT
Identification history
| Acacia buxifolia subsp. buxifolia | 5 Dec 2019 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Acacia buxifolia subsp. buxifolia | 25 Nov 2019 | ruthkerruish |
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User's notes
Note - Acacia buxifolia has bluish seedpods!
3 comments
BettyDonWood
wrote:
26 Nov 2019
The l:w ratio of the leaves looks somewhat low for buxifolia. In addition, the description in Flora of Australia does not mention that the pods are inflated. Apart from the pod colour. If it was originally planted, it could be anything
You may need to wait till it flowers, though the Herbarium will accept specimens with pods.
You may need to wait till it flowers, though the Herbarium will accept specimens with pods.
ruthkerruish
wrote:
26 Nov 2019
These plants were planted 3 years ago as Acacia buxifolia subsp. buxifolia. I checked the internet (reputable source) which indicated the seedpods were bluish. However I will collect a live sample and photo it in more detail and add it to this sighting. I have to admit I was surprised at the blue colour. Life is full of surprises!
BettyDonWood
wrote:
27 Nov 2019
Flora of Australia states that buxifolia pods are sometimes pruinose (covered with a powdery, waxy material). This would give them a bluish colour.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.101167-35.338786
- Altitude 606.9m
- Maps Hughes Garran Woodland Red Hill to Yarralumla Creek
- Places Garran, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 24 Nov 2019 08:00 AM Recorded on
- ruthkerruish Recorded by
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Collections
Plants Wattles ruthkerruish Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Species information
- Acacia buxifolia subsp. buxifolia Scientific name
- Box-leaf Wattle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1776.8m Recorded at altitude
- 246 images trained Machine learning
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In flower
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