Acacia myrtifolia
Habit | shrub
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Height: | ⇕ | 8 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 8. |
Width: | ⇔ | 8 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 8. |
Lifespan: | ⌛ | perennial |
Bloom: | ❀ | early spring, mid spring, late spring, early winter, mid winter, late winter |
Exposure: | ☼ | part-sun |
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Features: | ✓ | flowers |
USDA Zones: | 8 to 11 | |
Flower features: | ❀ | orange, yellow |
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Acacia myrtifolia, known colloquially as Myrtle Wattle or Red-stemmed Wattle, is a species of Acacia native to Australia. Its specific epithet 'myrtle-leaved' is derived from the Latin myrtus 'myrtle', and folium 'leaf'. It is a small shrub 0.3–3 m (1–10 ft) in height, and 2–3 m (7–10 ft) spread. It has distinctive red branches and lanceolate green phyllodes, 2–9 cm (1-3½ in) in length and 0.5–3 cm wide. Its flowers are creamy white or pale yellow and appear in winter and spring.[1] These are followed by 4–7 cm (1½-3 in) long curved seed pods.[2]
It was one of the earliest plants described in the colony, having been illustrated by James Sowerby.
ExpandRead about Acacia myrtifolia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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- ↑ Harden GJ (1990). "Acacia myrtifolia (Sm.) Willd.". Plantnet - New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney. Retrieved on 2008-06-11.
- ↑ Eliot RW, Jones DL, Blake T (1985). Encyclopaedia of Australian Plants Suitable for Cultivation: Vol. 2. Port Melbourne: Lothian Press. pp. 88. ISBN 0-85091-143-5.