Class
Order
Family
Genus
Classification
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Acacia floribunda (Vent.) Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 4(2), 1051 (1806)
Synonymy:
- ≡ Mimosa floribunda Vent., Choix Pl. 3, t. 13 (1803)
- ≡ Racosperma floribundum (Vent.) Pedley, Austrobaileya 2: 348 (1987)
Vernacular Name(s):
Gossamer wattle; Sally wattle; White sallow wattle
Description
Shrub to small tree; twigs sharply angled, ± glabrous to densely hairy. Lvs reduced to phyllodes, alternate; phyllodes glabrous, linear, symmetric or curved, acute and shortly mucronate or obtuse, entire, (30)–40–80–(120) × 3–8–(10) mm, usually with 3 prominent veins; stipules lanceolate, c. 1 mm long or inconspicuous in mature plants. Fls 4-merous, numerous and solitary in axillary, medium to pale yellow, cylindric spikes; spikes < or = lvs. Pod glabrous, somewhat curved, 50–100 × c. 4 mm; aril not much folded, thickened and cup-shaped below seed.
[From: Webb et al. (1985) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4 as Racosperma floribundum (Vent.) 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. 2001a: In: Orchard, A.E.; Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) Flora of Australia. 11B, Mimosaceae, Acacia part 2.
Maslin, B.R. 2001b: Wattle - Acacias of Australia. ABRS, Canberra.
Pedley, L. 1987: Racosperma Martius (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae) in Queensland: a checklist. Austrobaileya 2(4): 344–357.
Ventenat, E.P. 1803: Choix de Plantes, dont la plupart sont cultivées dans le jardin de Cels. Vol. 3. Crapelet, Paris.
Willdenow, C.L. von 1806: Species Plantarum. Vol. 4 (2). G.C. Nauk, Berlin.
