Acacia forsythii

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Caesalpinioideae
Tribus: Acacieae
Genus: Acacia
Species: Acacia forsythii
Name

Acacia forsythii Maiden & Blakely
References

J. & Proc. Roy. Soc. New South Wales 60: 179. 1927

Acacia forsythii, commonly known as Warrumbungle Range wattle, is a shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Phyllodineae that is native to parts of eastern Australia.

The shrub typically grows to a height of 1.5 to 4 m (4 ft 11 in to 13 ft 1 in) and has an erect to spreading habit and has glabrous reddish coloured branchlets. The linear, straight or slightly curved phyllodes have a narrowly oblanceolate shape. The phyllodes have a length of 6 to 9 cm (2.4 to 3.5 in) and a width of 2 to 5 mm (0.079 to 0.197 in) with a prominent mid-vein. It blooms between October and March producing yellow flowers.[1]

It is found along the east coast of northern New South Wales at higher altitudes in the Warrumbungle Range as a part of dry sclerophyll forest communities.[1]
See also

List of Acacia species

References

"Acacia forsythii Maiden & Blakely". PlantNet. Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney. Retrieved 2 May 2019.