Acacia ausfeldii
| Acacia ausfeldii | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Genus: | Acacia |
| Species: | A. ausfeldii |
| Binomial name | |
| Acacia ausfeldii Regel[1] | |
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Acacia ausfeldii, commonly known as Ausfeld's wattle or Whipstick cinnamon wattle, is a shrub species that is endemic to south-eastern Australia.[2] It grows to between 1 and 4 metres high and has phyllodes that are 2 to 7 cm long and 2 to 6 mm wide. The yellow globular flowerheads appear in groups of two or three in the axils of the phyllodes in August to October, followed by straight seed pods which are 4 to 9 cm long and 2 to 4 mm wide.[3]
The species was first formally described in 1867 by German botanist Eduard August von Regel based on a horticultural specimen grown from seed collected by J.G. Ausfeld in Bendigo, Victoria.[3]
Plants thought to be hybrids between this species and Acacia paradoxa have been recorded in Victoria.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Acacia ausfeldii ". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
- ↑ "Acacia ausfeldii ". PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Acacia ausfeldii ". Flora of Australia Online. Department of the Environment and Heritage, Australian Government.