Acacia floribunda
Common names
gossamer wattle
Biostatus
Exotic
Category
Vascular
Structural class
Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons
Flower colours
Cream, Yellow
Detailed description
Shrub to small tree, with sharply angled twigs. Leaves reduced to phyllodes. Phyllodes linear and up to 120 x 10 mm, usually with 3 prominent veins. Inflorescence is a spike of numerous pale yellow clusters. Seed pod is somewhat curved up to 100 x 4 mm.
Similar taxa
The long thin phyllodes and flowers in spikes separates A. floribunda from all other naturalised Acacia.
Habitat
Roadside banks and waste places
Conservation status
Not applicable
Detailed taxonomy
Family
Ecology
Flowering
August, September
Year naturalised
1981
Origin
E. Australia
Other information
Etymology
acacia: Derived from Greek ‘akazo’ to sharpen, meaning point; spine or thorn.