Acacia Parvipinnula
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''Acacia parvipinnula'', commonly known as silver-stemmed wattle, is a species of ''
Acacia ''Acacia'', commonly known as the wattles or acacias, is a large genus of shrubs and trees in the subfamily Mimosoideae of the pea family Fabaceae. Initially, it comprised a group of plant species native to Africa and Australasia. The genus na ...
'' native to eastern
Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
.


Description

The shrub or tree typically grows to a height of and has an erect habit. It has silvery to bluish grey smooth bark and angled to erect branchlets that have low ridges and are often covered in a fine white powder and are densely covered with minute hairs. The leaves are in length and are also hairy with a rachis that has a length of and contain 4 to 13 pairs of pinnae that are long and composed of 13 to 42 pairs of pinnules that have a narrowly oblong shape with a length of and a width of . It blooms between April and January producing simple inflorescences in both axillary and terminal panicles and racemes on stalks that are in length. The spherical flower-heads have a diameter of and contain 14 to 20 pale yellow flowers. Following flowering straight to curved seed pods form that are a little and usually irregularly more deeply constricted between seeds. The leathery pod are sparsely haired and are around in length and wide.


Distribution

It has a limited distribution in coastal areas of central New South Wales from around Singleton to around the
Shoalhaven River The Shoalhaven River is a perennial river that rises from the Southern Tablelands and flows into an open mature wave dominated barrier estuary near Nowra on the South Coast of New South Wales, Australia. Location and features The Shoalhaven ...
where it is found in a variety of habitats growing in many different soil types as a part of dry sclerophyll forest or woodland communities.


Cultural significance

In the Dharawal story of the Boo’kerrikin Sisters, one of the kindly sisters was turned into Acacia parvipinnula. The other two sisters were turned into Acacia decurrens and Acacia parramattensis.


See also

* List of ''Acacia'' species


References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q15288204 parvipinnula Fabales of Australia Flora of New South Wales Taxa named by Mary Tindale Plants described in 1960