Acacia dawsonii
| Dawson's wattle | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Caesalpinioideae |
| Clade: | Mimosoid clade |
| Genus: | Acacia |
| Species: | A. dawsonii
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| Binomial name | |
| Acacia dawsonii | |
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| Occurrence data from AVH | |
Acacia dawsonii commonly known as Dawson's wattle or poverty wattle or mitta wattle,[2] is a flowering shrub in the family Fabaceae. It has yellow ball flowers, short stalks and is found along parts of the east coast of Australia.
Description
[edit]Acacia dawsonii is an erect shrub growing to a height of 0.5 to 4 metres (2 to 13 ft), with appressed branchlets that are hairy between resinous ridges. The evergreen phyllodes are straight to slightly curved with a very narrowly elliptic to linear shape and a length of 4 to 11 cm (1.6 to 4.3 in) and a width of 2 to 5 mm (0.079 to 0.197 in) with up to ten longitudinal veins of which one or two are usually more prominent that the others. The golden yellow flowers are borne in racemes in leaf axils, peduncles 1–3 mm (0.039–0.118 in) long and globular. Flowering occurs from September to October and the fruit is a linear pod up to 6 cm (2.4 in) long, 2–5 mm (0.079–0.197 in) wide, straight or with a slight curve, stiff, leathery and smooth.[2][3]
Taxonomy and naming
[edit]Acacia dawsonii was first formally described in 1897 by Richard Baker and the description was published in Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. The specific epithet (dawsonii) is named in honour of Mr. J Dawson.[4][5]
Distribution and habitat
[edit]Dawson's wattle grows in grassland and eucalypt woodland in rocky, clay or sandy soils to an area down the east coast from as far north as south east Queensland, New South Wales, north east Victoria in the south and the Australian Capital Territory.[2] It is not widely cultivated but is quite hardy and suitable for a wide range of climates.[3][6]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Acacia dawsonii". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
- ^ a b c "Acacia dawsonii R.T.Baker". New South Wales Flora. National Herbarium of New South Wales. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
- ^ a b "Acacia dawsonii". Australian Native Plants Society. February 2012. Archived from the original on 2 June 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
- ^ "Acacia dawsonii". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
- ^ Baker, R.T. (1897). "Descriptions of two new species of Acacia from New South Wales". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 22 (1): 153, t. 8. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.12714. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
- ^ Cosgrove, Meredith (2014). Photographic Guide to Native Plants of the Australian Capital Territory. Meadow Argus. p. 121. ISBN 9780994183408.