Acacia linearifolia
| Stringybark wattle | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Caesalpinioideae |
| Clade: | Mimosoid clade |
| Genus: | Acacia |
| Species: | A. linearifolia |
| Binomial name | |
| Acacia linearifolia | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Acacia linearifolia, commonly known as stringybark wattle[2] or narrow-leaved wattle,[3] is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to eastern continental Australia. It is an erect, spreading shrub or tree with rough bark near the base, thin, narrowly linear, glabrous phyllodes with a prominent midrib, spherical heads of golden yellow flowers, and firmly papery to thinly leathery pods, shallowly constricted between the seeds.
Description
Acacia linearifolia is an erect or spreading shrub or tree that typically grows to a height of up to 10 m (33 ft) and has smooth grey to grey-brown bark, often corrugated or fissured near the base. The branchlets are glabrous and dark reddish. The phyllodes are narrowly linear, 60–140 mm (2.4–5.5 in) long, 2–5 mm (0.079–0.197 in) wide, thin, glabrous with a prominent midrib and a curved to hooked tip on the end. The flowers are borne in spherical heads in racemes 25–60 mm (0.98–2.36 in) long on peduncles 2–4 mm (0.079–0.157 in) long, each head with 20 to 30 golden yellow flowers. Flowering occurs from August to October, and the pods are up to about 120 mm (4.7 in) long, 5–75 mm (0.20–2.95 in) wide, firmly papery to thinly leathery, glabrous and reddish brown. The seeds are oblong, 5–6 mm (0.20–0.24 in) long, shallowly constricted between the seeds and shiny black with a club-shaped aril.[2][3][4][5]
Taxonomy
Acacia linearifolia was first formally described in 1927 by Joseph Maiden and William Blakely from an unpublished description by Allan Cunningham of a specimen collected in the Blue Mountains.[6] Maiden and Blakely noted "The locality is evidently a mistake, as we know of no such Acacia occurring on the Blue Mountains".[7]
Distribution and habitat
Narrow-leaved wattle mainly occurs from near Scone and Denman and west to Gulgong and Dunedoo with outliers at Binalong, Wagga Wagga and The Rock. There is also a small population near Burrowye in Victoria, near the New South Wales border. It often grows in sand on the lower slopes to exposed, rocky sites on sandstone hills in forest and woodland.[2][3][4]
See also
References
- 1 2 "Acacia linearifolia". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 16 January 2026.
- 1 2 3 Messina, Andre; Stajsic, Val. "Acacia linearifolia". Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 19 August 2026.
- 1 2 3 "Acacia linearifolia Maiden & Blakely". PlantNet. Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
- 1 2 Maslin, Bruce R. Kodela, Phillip G. (ed.). "Acacia linearifolia". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. Retrieved 19 August 2026.
- ↑ Maslin, Bruce R. "Acacia linearifolia". Australian Biological Resources Study. Retrieved 19 August 2026.
- ↑ Maslin, Bruce R. (1994). "Notes on Acacia adunca and A. linearifolia, and the description of a new subspecies of A. juncifolia (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae) from eastern Australia". Telopea. 6 (1): 45. Retrieved 19 August 2026.
- ↑ Maiden, Joseph; Blakely, William F. (1927). "Descriptions of fifteen new Acacia and notes on several other species". Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales. 60: 177. Retrieved 19 August 2026.