Acacia linifolia

Life-forms

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 linifolia
Name

Acacia linifolia (Vent.) Willd., 1806
Synonyms

Acacia abietina Willd.
Acacia linearis (J.C.Wendl.) J.F.Macbr.
Mimosa abietina (Willd.) Poir.
Mimosa capillaris Dum.Cours.
Mimosa linearis J.C.Wendl.
Mimosa linifolia Vent.
Mimosa pinifolia Page
Phyllodoce linifolia (Vent.) Link
Racosperma linifolium (Vent.) Pedley

Distribution
Native distribution areas:
Acacia linifolia

Continental: Australasia
Regional: Australia
New South Wales
Introduced into:
India, Jawa

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Willdenow, C.L. 1806. Species Plantarum. Editio quarta. Tomus 4. Pars 2. Pp. 634–1157. Impensis G. C. Nauk, Berolini [Berlin]. BHL Biblioteca Digital Reference page. : 1051

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Acacia linifolia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Aug 07. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Acacia linifolia. Published online. Accessed: Aug 07 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Acacia linifolia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Aug 07.
Hassler, M. Aug. Acacia linifolia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. Aug. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: Aug 07 {{{3}}}. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Acacia linifolia in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names
English: White Wattle, Flax-leaved Wattle,

Acacia linifolia, known colloquially as white wattle, or flax wattle, is a species of Acacia native to eastern Australia.[2]

Description

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 or spreading habit with greyish coloured smooth or finely fissured bark and glabrous or sometimes hairy, finely ridges branchlets that are angled towards the apices. Like most species of Acacia it has phyllodes rather than true leaves. The glabrous and evergreen phyllodes have a more or less linear shape with a length of 2 to 5 cm (0.79 to 1.97 in) and a width of 0.7 to 2.5 mm (0.028 to 0.098 in) and have a prominent midvein. The inflorescences occur in groups of 5 to 17 in an axillary raceme and have spherical flower-heads with a diameter of 4 to 5.5 mm (0.16 to 0.22 in) containing 6 to 12 pale yellow to white coloured flowers. The glabrous, thinly leathery seed pods that form after flowering are often covered in a fine white powdery coating and are straight or curved and more or less flat but are raised over the seeds. The pods are 3 to 12 cm (1.2 to 4.7 in) in length and 8 to 15 mm (0.31 to 0.59 in) wide. and contain longitudinally arranged seeds.[2]
Taxonomy

Acacia linifolia was first described in 1800 by Étienne Pierre Ventenat as Mimosa linifolia.[3][1] In 1806 Carl Ludwig Willdenow redescribed it as belonging to the genus, Acacia, and it became Acacia linifolia.[3][4] The specific epithet is in reference to the shape of the phyllodes that are similar to the leaves of flax plants. The species is quite similar in appearance to Acacia boormanii and Acacia meiantha.[2]
Distribution

It is found in New South Wales and has a range that extends from around the Hunter Valley in the north down to around the Hill Top area and is quite common around Sydney. It is usually found as a part of dry sclerophyll forest or heathland or open, woodland communities growing in skeletal sandy soils over or around sandstone or in clay soils over or around shale.[2]
See also

List of Acacia species

References

Ventenat, E.P. (1800) Description des Plantes Nouvelles et peu connues, cultivees dans le Jardin de J.M. Cels 1: 2 t. 2
Harden, Gwen J. (1990). "Acacia linifolia (Vent.) Willd". Plantnet - New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
"Acacia linifolia". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
Willdenow, C.L. (1806). "Acacia linifolia". Species Plantarum Edn. 4. 4 (2): 1051.