Acacia neriifolia

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 neriifolia
Name

Acacia neriifolia A.Cunn. ex Benth., 1842
Synonyms

Acacia penninervis var. angustata F.M.Bailey
Racosperma neriifolium (A.Cunn. ex Benth.) Pedley

Distribution
Native distribution areas:
Acacia neriifolia

Continental: Australasia
Regional: Australia
New South Wales, Queensland
Introduced into:
Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Haiti, India

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

Cunningham, A., 1842. The London Journal of Botany. London 1:357.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Acacia neriifolia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Aug 09. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Acacia neriifolia. Published online. Accessed: Aug 09 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Acacia neriifolia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 09 Aug 2019.
Catalogue of Life: 2021 Annual Checklist
Acacia neriifolia – Taxon details on World Wide Wattle.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Acacia neriifolia in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names
English: oleander wattle, silver wattle, pechy wattle

Acacia neriifolia, also known as the oleander wattle,[1] silver wattle[2] or pechy wattle,[3] is a tree in the genus Acacia native to north eastern Australia. It is common in the Moonbi Ranges.

Description

The evergreen tree or shrub typically grows to a height of 3 to 8 m (9.8 to 26.2 ft) and a width of up to 8 m (26 ft).[1] It often has an erect to spreading habit with flattened or angled branchlets towards the apices. The branchlets are finely haired with silvery white hairs that can be yellowish on young shoots and are often covered in a fine white powder. Like most species of Acacia it has phyllodes rather than true leaves. The silvery-green coloured phyllodes have amore or less linear to narrowly elliptic shape and are straight or slightly curved. The phyllodes are around 5 to 15 cm (2.0 to 5.9 in) in length and 4 to 9 mm (0.16 to 0.35 in) wide and covered in fine hairs and have a prominent midvein.[2] It blooms between July and October producing inflorescences in groups of 8 to 20 on an axillary raceme along an axis of 3 to 9 cm (1.2 to 3.5 in). The spherical flower-heads have a diameter of 3.5 to 7 mm (0.14 to 0.28 in) and contain 20 to 40 yellow to bright yellow flowers. Following flowering thinly leathery, flat seed pods form that are straight to slightly curved with a length of 6 to 18 cm (2.4 to 7.1 in) and a width of 6 to 10 mm (0.24 to 0.39 in).[2]
Distribution

The plant is endemic to Queensland and New South Wales. It is found in New South Wales on the eastern tablelands and slopes of the Great Dividing Range, from around Tamworth and Barradine in the south extending north into Queensland. It is often found among granite outcrops as a part of dry sclerophyll forest and woodland communities.[2]
Cultivation

In gardens it is useful as shade tree or as an informal screen that grows in full sun or part shade and is drought tolerant.[1]
See also

List of Acacia species

References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Acacia neriifolia.
Wikispecies has information related to Acacia neriifolia.

"Acacia neriifolia Oleander Wattle". LifeStyle. Foxtel. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
"Acacia neriifolia A.Cunn. ex Benth". PlantNet. Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney. Retrieved 10 October 2019.

"Pechey wattle – Acacia neriifolia". WetlandInfo. Queensland Government. Retrieved 10 October 2019.

Australian Broadcasting Corporation, ABC New England North West NSW, Monday, 19 August 2002 - Aussie natives in your garden - Acacia neriifolia
Australian National Botanic Gardens - photograph of Acacia neriifolia
Photograph