Acacia longifolia
Common name
Sydney golden wattle
Family
Fabaceae
Flora category
Vascular – Exotic
Structural class
Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons
NVS code
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ACALON
Habitat
Shrubland, coastal areas, dry banks and river beds.
Features
Shrub or small tree, twigs sharply angled, glabrous or sparsely hairy. Leaves reduced to phyllodes, phyllodes narrowly elliptic to obovate, symmetric or slightly curved up to 130 x 22mm, with 2 prominent veins. Inflorescence is a spike of pale to golden yellow flowers. Seed pod straight or slightly curved, up to 120 x 4mm.
Similar taxa
Very similar to A. sophorae, but A. sophorae has wider phyllodes and very contorted pods. Also similar to A. floribunda but this species has much narrower phyllodes.
Flowering
July, August
Flower colours
Cream, Yellow
Life cycle
Perennial; huge quantities of seed are produced, estimated viability of about 50 years. Widely planted as an ornamental. Seeds dispersed locally by wind and gravity
Year naturalised
1897
Origin
E. Australia
Reason for introduction
Ornamental
Tolerances
Tolerates frost, extended dry periods, and salt spray.
Etymology
acacia: Derived from Greek ‘akazo’ to sharpen, meaning point; spine or thorn.
longifolia: Long leaf