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Identification tables - leaves phyllodes
Leaves on mature plants reduced to phyllodes
Phyllodes:
Length (mm)
Width (mm)
Cross-section
terete
sub-terete
compressed
quadrangular
pentagonal
flat
plano-convex
trigonous
Apex
sharply pungent
coarsely pungent
innocuous
Shape
narrowly elliptic
elliptic
orbicular
linear
narrowly oblong
oblong
lanceolate
ovate
oblanceolate
obovate
triangular
obtriangular
(other)
Veins:
Number
Anastomoses
absent
few
numerous
Indumentum:
Presence
glabrous
hairy
Distribution
on margins
at apices
on veins
on entire surface
at base
between veins
Orientation
appressed
sub-appressed
erect or patent
Glands:
Number
Additional glands
at base of mucro
further along margin
Distance, first gland above blade base (mm)
Habit
Habit
trees
shrubs
sub-shrubs
prostrate
Height (m)
Brachlets:
Hairy?
Hairs absent
hairy
Hairs
closely appressed
sub-appressed
erect or patent
Stipules:
spinose
sub-spinose
scarious
Flowers
Inflorescence
Form
simple
racemose
paniculate
clustered
Head shape
globular
ellipsoid
cylindrical
Flower no.
Sepal no.
Peduncles
Lenght(mm)
Hairy?
hairs absent
hairy
Fruits
Pods:
Curling
straight
curved
twisted
openly coiled
tightly coiled
undulate
raised alternately
spirally coiled
slightly curved
Section
flat
subterete
terete
Width(mm)
Seeds:
Arrangement
longitudinal in pod
oblique in pod
transverse in pod
N.S.W. distribution
North Coast
Central Coast
South Coast
Northern Tablelands
Central Tablelands
Southern Tablelands
North Western Slopes
Central Western Slopes
South Western Slopes
North Western Plains
South Western Plains
North Far Western Plains
South Far Western Plains
Written and compiled by Phillip Kodela, Terry Tame, Barry Conn, Ken Hill, Linn Linn Lee
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