Acacia dawsonii, also known as Dawson's wattle or poverty wattle or mitta wattle,[1] is a shrub of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Plurinerves found along parts of the east coast of Australia
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Caesalpinioideae |
| Clade: | Mimosoid clade |
| Genus: | Acacia |
| Species: | A. dawsonii
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| Binomial name | |
| Acacia dawsonii | |
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| Occurrence data from AVH | |
Description
editThe erect shrub typically grows to a height of 0.5 to 4 metres (2 to 13 ft), with appressed branchlets that are hairy between resinous ridges.[1] Like most species of Acacia it has phyllodes rather than true leaves. The evergreen phyllodes are straight to slightly curved with a very narrowly elliptic to linear shape and a length of 4 to 11 cm (1.6 to 4.3 in) and a width of 2 to 5 mm (0.079 to 0.197 in) with up to ten longitudinal veins of which one or two are usually more prominent that the others.[1] It produces golden yellow flowers that are globular in shape and are found on short racemes from the leaf axils in springtime.[2]
Taxonomy
editIt was first described in 1897 by Richard Baker.[3][4]
Distribution
editIt is native to an area down the east coast from as far north as south east Queensland, New South Wales and north east Victoria in the south.[1] Found in open woodland and forests along the slopes and tableland areas. It is not widely cultivated but is quite hardy and suitable for a wide range of climates.[2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d "Acacia dawsonii R.T.Baker". New South Wales Flora. National Herbarium of New South Wales. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
- ^ a b "Acacia dawsonii". Australian Native Plants Society. February 2012. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
- ^ "Acacia dawsonii". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
- ^ Baker, R.T. (1897). "Descriptions of two new species of Acacia from New South Wales". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 22 (1): 153, t. 8. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.12714. Retrieved 4 September 2020.