Acacia baileyana
Cootamundra wattle | |
---|---|
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Caesalpinioideae |
Clade: | Mimosoid clade |
Genus: | Acacia |
Species: | A. baileyana
|
Binomial name | |
Acacia baileyana | |
Range of Acacia baileyana | |
Synonyms | |
|
Acacia baileyana or Cootamundra wattle is a
Almost all wattles have cream to golden flowers. The small flowers are arranged in spherical to cylindrical inflorescences, with only the stamens prominent. Wattles have been extensively introduced into New Zealand.
Uses
A. baileyana is used in Europe in the cut flower industry. It is also used as food for bees in the production of honey.[4] American urban landscape designer Renée Gunter uses this plant in her South Los Angeles lawn as a drought-resistant alternative to thirstier plants.[5]
Less than 0.02%
Cultivation
This plant is adaptable and easy to grow. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[7] Unfortunately, it has an ability to naturalise (i.e. escape) into surrounding bushland. Also, it hybridises with some other wattles, notably the rare and endangered Sydney Basin species Acacia pubescens.
A prostrate weeping form is in
Use of colour
The colour Cootamundra wattle is used currently by the
Gallery
-
Leaf and blossom
-
Fine detail of leaf
-
Leaf with fingers for scale
-
A. baileyana seeds
-
A. baileyana prostrate form in cultivation, Illawarra Grevillea Park, Bulli, NSW
-
Street tree, Los Angeles, CA
References
- ^ "Acacia baileyana". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
- ^ Mueller, F.J.H. von (1888) Descriptions of some hitherto unknown Australian plants. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 24(2): 168.
- ^ "Acacia baileyana". LegumeWeb. International Legume Database & Information Service.
- ^ "Uses of Australian Acacias". World Wide Wattle. 29 May 2013.
- ^ Lodi News-Sentinel, Oct 12, 2007, Bettijane Levine, Los Angeles Times, Drought resistant plants, Retrieved Aug. 18,2007
- ISBN 978-3-7643-5165-6.
- ^ "Acacia baileyana AGM". Plant Selector. Royal Horticultural Society.
- ^ Stewart 2001, p. 156
- ^ Stewart 2001, p. 157
Cited text
- ISBN 978-0-7333-0791-1.