Acacia baileyana x Acacia dealbata

Cootamundra Wattle x Silver Wattle (Hybrid) at Hackett, ACT

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Identification history

Acacia baileyana x Acacia dealbata	20 Jul 2023	MichaelMulvaney
Acacia decurrens	16 Jul 2023	CarbonAI
Acacia dealbata subsp. dealbata	16 Jul 2023	abread111

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in bud, green rather than silver leaves

6 comments

abread111 wrote:

16 Jul 2023

pretty sure it is not A. decurrens - no "wings"

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

18 Jul 2023

The pinnules look to be too long for dealbata

natureguy wrote:

20 Jul 2023

Could be a hybrid. Not dealbata and doesn't quite look right for decurrens either.

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

20 Jul 2023

Yes a hybrid and I think silver - cootamunda cross is mot likely

natureguy wrote:

20 Jul 2023

Potentially, the greenish colouration and pattern make me think parentage may also involve A. decurrens

Tapirlord wrote:

20 Jul 2023

If i'm honest I don't really see why we are assuming this must be a hybrid, I guess this could be A dealbata x decurrens or A. parramattensis x decurrens but if it is then the A.decurrens parentage is pretty dominant. I'm not seeing A.baileyana in this plant, so would agree with Luke that we should consider A.decurrens (both as a hybrid parent and as a species).

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