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Classification
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Acacia dealbata Link, Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 445 (1822)
Synonymy:
- ≡ Racosperma dealbatum (Link) Pedley, Austrobaileya 2: 358 (1987)
Vernacular Name(s):
Mimosa; Silver wattle
Description
Shrub to large tree; twigs ribbed, densely puberulent. Lvs 2-pinnate, alternate, densely puberulent on rachis and sparsely hairy on pinnules; pinnae in (6)–10–21 pairs; pinnules in 25–40–(50) pairs, fairly close set, glaucous, narrow-oblong, obtuse or subacute, entire, 2–4–(7) × c. 0.75 mm; petiole (5)–10–20 mm long; stipules inconspicuous; solitary glands present between each pair of pinnae, usually except basal pair. Infl. of numerous, many-flowered, medium yellow, globose heads arranged in axillary, compound racemes ± = lvs. Fls 5-merous, sessile. Pod glabrous, ± straight, 50–100 × 8–12 mm; aril scarcely folded, thickened to one side of seed.
[From: Webb et al. (1985) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4 as Racosperma dealbatum (Link) Pedley]
Biostatus
Exotic
Bibliography
Biosecurity New Zealand 2012: Regional Pest Management Strategies Database. http://www.biosecurityperformance.maf.govt.nz/
Edwards, R. 2008: Lincoln University campus – a guide to some of the trees currently growing there. Lincoln University, Lincoln.
Howell, C. 2008: Consolidated list of environmental weeds in New Zealand. DOC Research & Development Series 292: 42.
Link, H.F. 1822: Enumeratio Plantarum Horti Regii Botanici Berolinensis Altera. Vol. 2. G. Reimer, Bern.
Pedley, L. 1987: Racosperma Martius (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae) in New Zealand: a checklist. Austrobaileya 2(4): 358–359.
