Common name: rush-leaved wattle
Acacia juncifolia Benth. APNI* Synonyms: Racosperma juncifolium (Benth.) Pedley APNI*
Acacia juncifolia Benth. subsp. juncifolia APNI*
Acacia pinifolia Benth. APNI*
Description: Erect or spreading shrub 1–2.5 m high; bark dark grey to blackish or brownish grey; branchlets ± terete, glabrous.
Phyllodes ± rigid, linear, straight to curved, 7–20 cm long (mostly >10 cm long), c. 1 mm wide, terete to ± 4-angled or flat, glabrous, subglaucous, longitudinally wrinkled when dry, the midvein ± prominent, slightly raised when dry, the apex acute, not pungent; 1 gland near base; pulvinus 1–2 mm long.
Inflorescences 1–3 in axil of phyllodes or on an axillary axis to 2 mm long; peduncles 3–12 mm long, glabrous; heads globose, 20–30-flowered, 3–6 mm diam., yellow to deep yellow.
Pods straight to slightly curved, ± flat except prominently raised over seeds, submoniliform, 5–10 cm long, 3–4 mm wide, firmly papery to thinly leathery, slightly longitudinally wrinkled, glabrous; seeds longitudinal, 3.5–4.5 mm long; funicle filiform.
Flowering: June–November.
Distribution and occurrence: widespread; occurs west to Gilgandra and north from Glenbrook area. Grows in woodland and dry sclerophyll forest communities, in sandy soils.
NSW subdivisions: NC, CC, NWS, CWS, NWP
Other Australian states: Qld
The name is from the Latin juncus (rush) and folium (a leaf), which refers to the narrow, relatively long phyllodes appearing rush-like. Acacia juncifolia may be confused with A. calamifolia which usually has a racemose inflorescence and a curved phyllode apex (T.M. Tame, Acacias of Southeast Australia, 1992).
Text by P.G. Kodela (last updated June 2012)
Taxon concept:
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