Australian Native Plants

  Acacia longissima (Narrow-leaf Wattle)


Acacia longissima photo
Narrow-leaf Wattle

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NARROW-LEAF WATTLE FACTS

distribution map showing range of Acacia longissima in Australia

Map is from The Atlas of Living Australia web site, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License


Common Name
Narrow-leaf Wattle

Other Names
Long-leaf Wattle

Description
Narrow-leaf Wattle is a shrub or spreading tree growing 2 m to 5 m tall. The bark is smooth and grey. The phyllodes are long and straight growing 10 cm to 30 cm long and 1 mm to 6 mm wide, with a prominent midvein. The flower heads of pale-yellow or white flowers are produced in ones and twos (sometimes three) from the phyllode axils. The flower heads are cylindrical and 2 cm to 5 cm long. It usually flowers from January to May. The seed pods are straight or slightly curved, papery or thin woody in texture, growing about 7 cm to 14 cm long. The seeds are elliptical and about 5 mm long and 2 mm wide.

Habitat
around borders of wet forest

Distribution
Narrow-leaf Wattle is found not far from the coast in south east Queensland, and eastern New South Wales

Growth Characteristics
Height: 3m - 5m
Spread: 1m - 2m

Propagation
scarified seed

Classification
Class:Magnoliopsida
Order:Fabales
Family:Mimosaceae
Genus:Acacia
Species:longissima
Common Name:Narrow-leaf Wattle


Relatives in same Genus
  Acacia acanthoclada
  Acacia acinacea
  Acacia acradenia
  Acacia aculeatissima
  Acacia alata
  Acacia amblygona
  Acacia amoena
  Acacia aneura
  Acacia aulacocarpa
  Acacia auriculiformis
  Acacia baileyana
  Acacia beckleri
  Acacia boormanii
  Acacia brachybotrya
  Acacia brachystachya
  Acacia buxifolia
  Acacia caesiella
  Acacia calamifolia
  Acacia cardiophylla
  Acacia chrysocephala
  Acacia cognata
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