Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Fabales Bromhead
Family
Leguminosae
Genus
Acacia Mill.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Acacia baileyana F.Muell., Trans. Roy. Soc. Victoria 24: 168 (1888)
Synonymy:
  • ≡ Racosperma baileyanum (F.Muell.) Pedley, Austrobaileya 2: 345 (1987)
Vernacular Name(s):
Bailey's wattle; Cootamundra wattle; Golden wattle
 Description

Small to fairly large tree; twigs ribbed or rounded, moderately clothed in erect hairs. Lvs 2-pinnate, alternate, ± glabrous except for sparse short erect hairs on rachis; pinnae in 3–5 pairs; pinnules in 11–22 pairs, close set, glaucous, oblong, acute, entire, 4–6 × c. 1 mm; petioles 1–3 mm long; stipules inconspicuous; solitary glands present between each pair of pinnae except at base. Infl. of numerous, many-flowered, medium yellow, globose heads arranged in axillary racemes exceeding the lvs. Fls 5-merous, sessile. Pod glabrous, ± straight, 40–100 × (8)–10–20 mm; aril not folded, thickened below and to one side of seed.

[From: Webb et al. (1985) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4 as Racosperma baileyanum (F.Muell.) Pedley]

 Biostatus
Exotic
 Bibliography
Edwards, R. 2008: Lincoln University campus – a guide to some of the trees currently growing there. Lincoln University, Lincoln.
Maslin, B.R. 2001: Wattle - Acacias of Australia. ABRS, Canberra.
Mueller, F: Transactions of the Royal Society of Victoria 24
Orchard, A.E.; Wilson, A.J.G. 2001: Flora of Australia. 11A, Mimosaceae, Acacia part 1. Edition 11A.
Pedley, L. 1987: Racosperma Martius (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae) in Queensland: a checklist. Austrobaileya 2(4): 344–357.