shibui wrote:Danny,
A. acuminata has flowers in spikes. The one you posted has flowers in racemes.
From the flowers and leaves I'd suggest Acacia iteaphylla - Flinders Ranges wattle. Flowering is 'April- Sept sometimes earlier'. However iteaphylla should only have one main vein on a phyllode.
iteaphylla has been sold extensively through the nursery industry as it flowers over winter when not many other do. It is also quite tough and is ised in carparks and roadside plantings.
Roger wrote:Shibui
I'm curious. In the last image from Danny, the inflorescence looks like a spike. They may be immature and the flowers may develop pedicels, thus forming a , but i only see spikes at this stage. maybe I missed the flowers on the earlier images.
I'm enjoying this learning experience.....even though i'm not familiar with all the Botany terms, i learn quick...
I did some reading on Acacia iteaphylla, while the phyllode look exactly the same, colour differs with my tree having a definate green hue.
The "spikes" have small nodules and i was surmising that the tree had already flowered.....possibly it may be the opposite and is starting to flower.
I will go back along the fire trail today and see if there are any full trees there and take some pictures.
Danny