Acacia longifolia

Sydney Golden Wattle

Family:            Fabaceae-Mimosoideae

Plant:              A tall shrub or small tree up to 4m high with angular branches.

Flowers:         Scented golden yellow flowers in dense cylindrical spikes either singly or in pairs in the axils of phyllodes.

Flowering:      June-November.

Fruit:               Leathery cylindrical pod 4-10cm long and 2.5-6mm wide, narrow and straight or twisted.

Leaves:          Phyllode, lanceolate 8-16cm long and 1-3cm wide with pointed tips, 2 or more prominent longitudinal veins and a network of small veins in between. A well-defined basal gland is usually present.

Habitat:           Dry sclerophyll forest on dry sandy soils.

Features:       Golden yellow flowers. Cylindrical flower heads. Basal glands on phyllodes.

Name:            

Acacia            From Greek akis = a sharp point because of the thorns on Acacia arabica, a species known from antiquity.

longifolia        From Latin longus = long or extended and folius = leaf (referring to its long phyllodes).

Search Criteria

 

Type

Shrub, Tree            

Flowers

Form

Cylindrical, Single, Cluster               

 

Colour(s)

Yellow

 

Petal/Sepal No.

-

 

Flowering Month

6,7,8,9,10,11

Fruit

Type       

Pod

 

Colour

Brown    

 

Other Features

-

Leaves

Arrangement

Alternate

 

Type       

Simple     

 

Shape

Oval

 

Length    

Medium

 

Margins  

Entire      

 

Attachment               

Unstalked

 

Other Features

Oil dots/Gland         

Bark

-

Habitat             

Dry sclerophyll forest