Acacia myrtifolia

Plant Characteristics
Habit		shrub
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

Cultivation

Exposure:	☼	part-sun
Features:	✓	flowers
USDA Zones:		8 to 11
Flower features:	❀	orange, yellow

Scientific Names
Fabaceae >	Acacia >	myrtifolia >			(Sm.) Willd. >

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.

Read about Acacia myrtifolia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Acacia myrtifolia, Willd. A tall shrub with angular branchlets, the angles, glands and margins of phyll. edged with light red or pink: phyll. oval to ovate-lanceolate, the apex either acute with oblique point or obtuse and rounded, 1 1/4-2 in. long, l/3-l/2in. wide; gland 1/4in. from base; nerve excentric: fls. in racemes nearly as long as phyll.; peduncles 1/8in. long; fl.-heads few (3-5), though large, 4-merous; petals with prominent midrib; sepals short, united: pod with nerve-like margins, curved and contracted between the seeds and tough, 3 in. long, 1/6in. broad; funicle short, thickened into cup-shaped aril. Fls. Feb-Mar. Var. celastrifolia, Benth. (A. celastrifolia, Benth.). Phyll. mostly 1 1/2 in. long and often 1 in. broad. B.M. 4306. Var. normalis, Benth. Phyll. mostly 1-2 in. long and about 1/2in. broad. Var. angustifolia, Benth. Phyll. mostly 2-4 in. long, 1/6-1/3in. broad. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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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.

[1] Harden GJ (1990). "Acacia myrtifolia (Sm.) Willd.". Plantnet - New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney. Retrieved on 2008-06-11.

[2] 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.

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