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Acacia parramattensis

Whanganui. Aug 2012.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Leaf rachis glands, Whanganui. Aug 2012.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Pinnules, Whanganui. Aug 2012.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

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Common names

Parramatta green wattle

Biostatus

Exotic

Structural class

Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons

Flower colours

Yellow

Detailed description

Shrub to small tree with angled twigs. Leaves 2-pinnate, pinnae in 8-12 pairs, pinnules close set, dark green and in 20-40 pairs. Inflorescence of numerous pale yellow globbose heads arranged in racemes. Seed pod straight, up to 120 x 7 mm.

Similar taxa

A. parramatensis is often confused with A. decurrens, but may be distinguished by the closer set pinnules and the later flowering time. The sparsely hairy twigs separates A. parramatensis from A. mearnsii.

Habitat

Waste places, riverbeds, dry hillsides

Conservation status

Not applicable

Detailed taxonomy

Family

Fabaceae

Authority

Acacia parramattensis Tindale

Ecology

Flowering

November, December, January, February, March, April

Year naturalised

1981

Origin

N.S.W. (Australia)

Other information

Etymology

acacia: Derived from Greek ‘akazo’ to sharpen, meaning point; spine or thorn.

Referencing and citations

References and further reading

Wilcox, M.D. 2002. Acacia parramattensis in Northland. Auckland Botanical Society Journal, 57: 75

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