Acacia pubescens
Acacia pubescens subsp. var. | Downy wattle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
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Acacia pubescens, R. Br. Hairy Wattle. A shrub, with drooping branches and hirsute petioles and rachis; pinnae 3-10 pairs (mostly 3-8), 1/2-3/4in. long; lfts. 6-20 pairs (mostly 16), crowded, linear, smooth, 1/12—1/6in. wide: fls. in simple racemes longer than lvs., on long pubescent peduncles, 15-20 in a head; calyx short, sinuate-toothed; corolla smooth, protruding in bud, the petals united. Blooms in spring. B.M. 1263. F.R. 1:733.—This belongs to the series in which the pods are all flat, seeds longitudinal, last fold of funicle forming a short lateral or oblique aril, with very small folds below it. Much grown in greenhouses in the E. TJ. S., where it is a general favorite on account of its feathery lvs. and bright blossoms, which are in their full beauty at Eastertide, and are becoming very popular for church decorations at that time. CH
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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