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|familia=Fabaceae
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|genus=Acacia
|genus=Acacia
−|species=myrtifolia
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−|common_name=Myrtle wattle
+|taxo_author=(Sm.) Willd.
−|name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
+|common_name=Myrtle Wattle, Red Stern Wattle, South Australian Silver Wattle
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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 [[Petiole (botany)|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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Acacia~myrtifolia |title=''Acacia myrtifolia'' (Sm.) Willd. |accessdate=2008-06-11 |author=Harden GJ |date=1990 |work=Plantnet - New South Wales Flora Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney}}</ref> These are followed by 4–7 cm (1½-3 in) long curved seed pods.<ref>{{cite book |author=Eliot RW, Jones DL, Blake T |title=Encyclopaedia of Australian Plants Suitable for Cultivation: Vol. 2|year=1985|pages=88|publisher=Lothian Press |location=Port Melbourne |isbn=0-85091-143-5}}</ref>
−It was one of the earliest plants described in the colony, having been illustrated by [[James Sowerby]].
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−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.
−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. B.M. 302. 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. celastrifolia, Benth. (A. celastrifolia, Benth.). Phyll. mostly 1 1/2 in. long and often 1 in. broad. B.M. 4306.