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| name = ''LATINNAME'' <!--- replace LATINNAME with the actual latin name -->
|familia=Fabaceae
| common_names = <!--- if multiple, list all, if none, leave blank -->
|genus=Acacia
| growth_habit = ? <!--- tree, shrub, herbaceous, vine, etc -->
|species=pravissima
| high = ? <!--- 1m (3 ft) -->
|common_name=Ovens wattle, Wedge-leafed wattle
| wide = <!--- 65cm (25 inches) -->
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'''''Acacia pravissima''''', commonly known as ''Ovens Wattle'' or ''Wedge-leaved Wattle'', is a species of plant in the [[Fabaceae]] family found in Australia which grows in [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]] and in the [[South West Slopes]] and [[Southern Tablelands]] of New South Wales.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Acacia~pravissima |title=Acacia pravissima F.Muell. |author= |date= |work=National Herbarium of New South Wales |publisher=PlantNET |accessdate=10 April 2010}}</ref>
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Acacia pravissima, F. v. M. Fig. 72. A small tree, 15-20 ft. high with decurrent, pendulous, finger-like branchlets thickly clothed with short foliage: phyll. 1/4-l in. long, 1/4-1/2in. broad, cuneiform to trapezoid, one angle rounded, the other acute, indistinctly 2-nerved, the prominent nerve excentric and ending in a mucronate point; gland large, near middle of upper edge: racemes much longer than phyll., 10 to more fls. in a head; peduncles 1/16in- long: pods, when ripe, once or twice twisted, with nerve-like margins and mucronate tip, 1 1/2-2 3/4 in. long, 1/4in. wide; seed small, longitudinal, with prominent central marking; funicle as long as seed, enlarged into club-shaped aril: ripe July, Aug. Fls. Feb., March.—A very graceful showy species that is becoming popular.
Acacia pravissima, F. v. M. Fig. 72. A small tree, 15-20 ft. high with decurrent, pendulous, finger-like branchlets thickly clothed with short foliage: phyll. 1/4-l in. long, 1/4-1/2in. broad, cuneiform to trapezoid, one angle rounded, the other acute, indistinctly 2-nerved, the prominent nerve excentric and ending in a mucronate point; gland large, near middle of upper edge: racemes much longer than phyll., 10 to more fls. in a head; peduncles 1/16in- long: pods, when ripe, once or twice twisted, with nerve-like margins and mucronate tip, 1 1/2-2 3/4 in. long, 1/4in. wide; seed small, longitudinal, with prominent central marking; funicle as long as seed, enlarged into club-shaped aril: ripe July, Aug. Fls. Feb., March.—A very graceful showy species that is becoming popular.
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==References==
==References==
*R Lancaster, (1998). ''Plants That Should Be Better Known: Acacia pravissima'', ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
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