Acacia buxifolia subsp. buxifolia

Box-leaf Wattle at Jerrabomberra, ACT

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Identification history

Acacia buxifolia subsp. buxifolia	17 Jul 2018	MichaelMulvaney
Acacia buxifolia subsp. buxifolia	17 Jul 2018	BettyDonWood
Unidentified	15 Jul 2018	Mike

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This looks different from the other wattle nearby.

7 comments

BettyDonWood wrote:

18 Jul 2018

My worry about the ID of Acacia buxifolia is that the flower clusters are a lot longer than the leaves. Otherwise a pretty good fit. The Wattle app should be out shortly so if necessary it can be keyed out then.

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

18 Jul 2018

Flowering spikes can be up t0 80cm so seems to fit with Acacia buxifolia

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

18 Jul 2018

I meant up to 8cm

Mike wrote:

18 Jul 2018

This is a flat-topped bush. Compare this with the nearby sighting https://canberra.naturemapr.org/Community/Sightings/Details/3403403 which is a tall plant which has wider phyllodes and green stems. A. buxifolia a few hundred metres west is different again.

BettyDonWood wrote:

18 Jul 2018

A. buxifolia subsp. buxifolia is quite variable. Plantnet states it can be erect or spreading. Its natural range is from Queensland to Victoria and coast to western slopes. Planted specimens could have been sourced from anywhere in that range.
http://worldwidewattle.com/imagegallery/image.php?p=0&l=b&id=23584&o=1

Mike wrote:

18 Jul 2018

There is also Acacia decora (prev. A. buxifolia var. decora) nearby https://canberra.naturemapr.org/Community/Sightings/Details/34138. These don't seem to planted specimens unless some widely-travelled botanist scattered his seed collections in the pines.

BettyDonWood wrote:

18 Jul 2018

I did think about Acacia decora but decided it was not like enough your photo to mention it as a possibility.

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