Acacia vestita

Hairy Wattle at Isaacs, ACT

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Identification history

	Acacia vestita	7 Sep 2015	MichaelMulvaney
	Acacia vestita	3 Sep 2015	Mike

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3 comments

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

6 Sep 2015

Mike it is a bit hard to tell from the photo - Acacia vestita has very hairy leaves, while those of pravissima have only a few hairs. The leaves look hairless but a bit hard to tell - perhaps you could zoom in on the original photo, cheers Michael

BettyDonWood wrote:

7 Sep 2015

Another possibility is Acacia cultriformis. Its leaves have a waxy covering and no hairs. Acacia pravissima tends to have two main lengthwise veins, Acacia cultriformis has one.

Mike wrote:

7 Sep 2015

Definitely very hairy, softer than Acacia cultriformis or Acacia pravissima. These aren't flowering yet either. I think this is one identified as Acacia vestita from a last year's photo. I originally thought Acacia pravissima when I read it was sometimes pendulous. The way the leaves attach to the stem are different too. I use this tree as a marker to a little Acacia ulicifolia which is one of the few local acacias in this area.

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