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+ | '''''Acacia oxycedrus''''' ('''Spike Wattle''') is an erect or spreading [[shrub]] which is [[endemism|endemic]] to [[Australia]].<ref name=NSW>{{cite web |url=http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Acacia~oxycedrus |title=''Acacia oxycedrus'' |accessdate=2009-08-30 |author=|work= PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia}}</ref> | ||
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+ | It grows to up to 2 metres high and has sharp-pointed [[phyllodes]] with 3 or 4 prominent longitudinal veins. The bright yellow to pale yellow cylindrical flowerheads appear in groups of 1 to 3 in the axils of the phyllodes from July to October, followed by straight or slightly curved seed pods which are 4 to 10 cm long and 3 to 6 mm wide.<ref name=NSW/> | ||
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+ | The species occurs on sandy soil in dry sclerophyll forest or heath in [[South Australia]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]] and [[New South Wales]].<ref name=NSW/> | ||
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Acacia oxycedrus, Sieb. A rigid shrub with terete and usually pubescent branches: phyll. striate, linear-lanceolate but broad at base and tapering to a pungent point, 1/2-3/4in. or even 1 in. long and 3-4-nerved on each side; small stipules, often spinescent: spikes 1 in. long; fls. 4-merous; calyx short with obtuse lobes: pods 3 in. long, 1/6in. wide, striate, incurved and with convex valves; seed longitudinal; funicle thickened from the base and much folded. B.M. 2928.—Superficially resembles A. verticilata, but the phyll. are broader and the valves of the pods are thicker than in that species. | Acacia oxycedrus, Sieb. A rigid shrub with terete and usually pubescent branches: phyll. striate, linear-lanceolate but broad at base and tapering to a pungent point, 1/2-3/4in. or even 1 in. long and 3-4-nerved on each side; small stipules, often spinescent: spikes 1 in. long; fls. 4-merous; calyx short with obtuse lobes: pods 3 in. long, 1/6in. wide, striate, incurved and with convex valves; seed longitudinal; funicle thickened from the base and much folded. B.M. 2928.—Superficially resembles A. verticilata, but the phyll. are broader and the valves of the pods are thicker than in that species. | ||
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Height: | ⇕ | 3 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 3. to 10 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 10. |
Width: | ⇔ | 7 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 7. |
Lifespan: | ⌛ | perennial |
Bloom: | ❀ | early spring, mid spring, late spring, early winter, mid winter, late winter |
Exposure: | ☼ | sun |
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Features: | ✓ | flowers |
USDA Zones: | 8 to 10 | |
Flower features: | ❀ | orange, yellow |
Fabaceae > |
Acacia > |
Acacia oxycedrus (Spike Wattle) is an erect or spreading shrub which is endemic to Australia.[1]
It grows to up to 2 metres high and has sharp-pointed phyllodes with 3 or 4 prominent longitudinal veins. The bright yellow to pale yellow cylindrical flowerheads appear in groups of 1 to 3 in the axils of the phyllodes from July to October, followed by straight or slightly curved seed pods which are 4 to 10 cm long and 3 to 6 mm wide.[1]
The species occurs on sandy soil in dry sclerophyll forest or heath in South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales.[1]
ExpandRead about Acacia oxycedrus in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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- ↑ Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Acacia oxycedrus". PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia. Retrieved on 2009-08-30.