Acacia longifolia, (Andrews) Willd.
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5. A. longifolia (Andrews) Willd. View in CoL , Sp. Pl. 4: 1052 (1806).
Shrub or small tree up to 8 m; bark smooth, grey. Twigs stiff, glabrous. Phyllodes 7-15 x 0-8-3 cm, oblong to oblong-lanceolate, straight, subobtuse, light green, 2- to 4-veined. Spikes 25-50 x 7-9 mm, axillary, cylindrical, subsessile. Flowers bright yellow, strong smelling. Legume 70-150x4-5 mm, linear, terete, almost straight, rostrate, constricted between the seeds, brown when mature. Funicle very short, whitish. Widely planted in S.W. Europe for ornament andfor stabilizing coastal dunes. [?Ga Hs It Lu.] (New South Wales.)
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Acacia longifolia
Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. 1981 |
A. longifolia (Andrews)
Willd. 1806: 1052 |