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Silver Wattle
Silver wattle is the common name of several plant species: * ''Acacia sclerosperma'' * '' Acacia dealbata'' * '' Acacia lasiocalyx'' * ''Acacia retinodes'' * ''Acacia rivalis ''Acacia rivalis'', commonly known as silver wattle or creek wattle, is a shrub or tree belonging to the genus '' Acacia'' and the subgenus ''Phyllodineae'' native to southern Australia. Description The obconic shrub or tree typically grows to ...'' {{Plant common name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acacia Sclerosperma
''Acacia sclerosperma'', commonly known as limestone wattle or silver bark wattle, is a tree in the family Fabaceae. Endemic to Western Australia, it occurs on floodplains and along water-courses throughout the arid north-west corner of the State. Description Limestone wattle grows as a spreading, tall shrub up to and wide. Like most ''Acacia'' species, it has phyllodes rather than true leaves. These are bright green, oval in cross-section, and may be up to long. The flowers are yellow, and held in cylindrical clusters about five millimetres in diameter and continuing 15 to 20 flowers. The pods are up to long, with constrictions between the seeds. It can bloom between May and August with most flowers produced between June and July. Taxonomy There are two subspecies: ''Acacia sclerosperma'' subsp. ''sclerosperma'' and ''Acacia sclerosperma'' subsp. ''glaucescens''. The latter is commonly known as billy blue, and is currently considered under threat, though not yet endan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acacia Dealbata
''Acacia dealbata'', the silver wattle, blue wattle or mimosa, is a species of flowering plant in the legume family (botany), family Fabaceae, native plant, native to southeastern Australia in New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, and the Australian Capital Territory, and widely introduced in Mediterranean, warm temperate, and highland tropical landscapes.Australian Plant Name Index''Acacia dealbata''/ref> Description It is a fast-growing evergreen tree or shrub growing up to 30 m tall, typically a pioneer species after fire. The leaves are bipinnate, glaucous blue-green to silvery grey, 1–12 cm (occasionally to 17 cm) long and 1–11 cm broad, with 6–30 pairs of pinnae, each pinna divided into 10–68 pairs of leaflets; the leaflets are 0.7–6 mm long and 0.4–1 mm broad. The flowers are produced in large raceme, racemose inflorescences made up of numerous smaller globose bright yellow flowerheads of 13–42 individual flowers. The fruit is a flatte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acacia Lasiocalyx
''Acacia lasiocalyx'', commonly known as silver wattle or shaggy wattle, is a tree or shrub belonging to the genus ''Acacia'' and the subgenus ''Juliflorae''. Taxonomy The species is closely related to '' Acacia conniana'' which has nonpruinose branchlets, shorter phyllodes and smaller pods enclosing smaller seeds. Other relatives are '' A. anastema'' and '' A. longiphyllodinea''. The Noongar peoples know the tree as wilyurwur. Description The open often weeping tree or shrub typically grows to a height of , although some specimens may reach 25 m. It blooms from July to October producing yellow flowers. The leaf-like phyllodes are and gently curving, each terminating in a hooked point. The inflorescences are simple, sometimes with a few rudimentary racemes interspersed with axes that are in length with paired peduncles paired that are long. They are pruinose with spikes and with a diameter of densely packed with a golden colour. The seed pods are linear and raised over se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acacia Retinodes
''Acacia retinodes'' is an evergreen shrub that is native plant, native to South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania. Short racemes of yellow flowers are produced periodically throughout the year. Internet Archive"> Internet Archive ''Select Extra-tropical Plants Readily Eligible for Industrial Culture Or Naturalization'' By Ferdinand von Mueller Some common names are Retinodes water wattle, swamp wattle, wirilda, ever-blooming wattle and silver wattle. Description The tree typically grows to a height of and is able to form suckering, suckers. It has furrowed bark with a rough texture that is dark brown to black in colour. It has Glabrousness (botany), glabrous branchlets that are sometimes pendulous or angular or flattene ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
