Species

Acacia dealbata

Etymology

Acacia: Derived from Greek 'akazo' to sharpen, meaning point; spine or thorn.
dealbata: whitened

Common Name(s)

silver wattle

Authority

Acacia dealbata Link

Family

Fabaceae

Flora Category

Vascular - Exotic

NVS Species Code

ACADEA

The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.

Structural Class

Dicotyledonous Trees & Shrubs

Habitat

A plant of riverbed habitats and waste places. Prefers relatively high fertility and light.

Features

Shrub to large tree with ribbed twigs. Leaves 2-pinnate, alternate and glaucous. Inflorescence consists of numerous many-flowered, medium yellow, globose heads arranged in axillary racemes nearly equal to the leaves. Pod glabrous, usually straight, up to 100 x 12 mm.

Similar Taxa

Can easily be distinguished from all other bipinnate naturalised wattles by the large glaucous leaves.

Flowering

July, August, September

Flower Colours

Yellow

Year Naturalised

1870

Origin

E. Australia


This page last updated on 8 May 2011