Acacia genistifolia
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Acacia genistifolia commonly known as spreading wattle or early wattle,[1] is a flowering shrub in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to south eastern Australia. It has yellow flowers and short, rigid phyllodes.
Description
Acacia genistifolia is a small to medium-sized shrub to Template:Cvt high. The phyllodes are narrow, rigid, terete or angled, straight or slightly curved, Template:Cvt long and terminate with a sharp point. It has cream or pale yellow flowers that are spherical shaped clusters appearing in the phyllode axils on a peduncle Template:Cvt long. The simple inflorescences mostly occur in groups of two to four and the flower-heads contain 12 to 25 flowers. Flowering occurs from July to October and fruit is a straight or curved pod Template:Cvt long, Template:Cvt wide, leathery, smooth and the seeds longitudinally arranged and Template:Cvt long.[2][3][4]
Taxonomy
Acacia genistifolia was first formally described in 1822 by Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link and the description was published in Enumeratio Plantarum Horti Botanici Regii Berolinensis Altera.[5][6]
Distribution
The shrub is endemic to south eastern New South Wales, eastern Victoria and eastern Tasmania as a part of open forest or heath communities.[2] The plants range extends from around Dubbo in the north down through the Australian Capital Territory to the Grampians in Victoria. The species is more common in north eastern Tasmania including Bruny and Flinders Islands. It grows in many different types of soils at an altitude of less than Template:Cvt as a part of dry sclerophyll forest or heathland communities.[3]
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