Acacia genistifolia
Early wattle
Early wattle
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Common name: Early wattle
Also, spreading wattle
Conservation status: unknown
Etymology:
Acacia: from Greek acis, a thorn
Genistifolia: having foliage similar to the genus Genista (a generally Mediterranean genus)
Flowers:
It blooms between late summer and spring producing inflorescences with cream or pale yellow coloured flowers that are found in spherical shaped clusters appearing in the phyllode axils
The simple inflorescences mostly occur in groups of two to four and the flower-heads contain 12 to 25 flowers
Fruit:
The linear thinly coriaceous seed pods that appear after flowering are raised over the seeds and have a length of 4 to 11 cm and a width of 4 to 7 mm
The seeds found within the pods are longitudinally arranged with a length of 3.5 to 5.5 mm
Leaves:
It has rigid and narrow phyllodes that are 15 to 30 mm in length and terminate with a sharp point
Stem & branches:
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Roots:
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Habit:
The small to medium-sized shrub can reach a height of around 3 m
Habitat:
It forms part of open forest or heath communities
It grows in many different types of soils at an altitude of less than 1,000 m as a part of dry sclerophyll forest or heathland communities
Distribution:
Endemic to south eastern Australia
Includes NSW, eastern Victoria and eastern Tasmania
The plants range extends from around Dubbo in the north down through the ACT to the Grampians in Victoria
The species is more common in north eastern Tasmania including Bruny and Flinders Islands
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