Acacia siculiformis

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 siculiformis
Name

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

Acacia stuartiana F.Muell. ex Benth.
Racosperma siculiforme (A.Cunn. ex Benth.) Pedley

Distribution
Native distribution areas:
Acacia siculiformis

Continental: Australasia
Regional: Australia
New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria

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 1: 337.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Acacia siculiformis 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 14. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Acacia siculiformis. Published online. Accessed: Aug 14 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Acacia siculiformis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Aug 14.
Catalogue of Life: 2021 Annual Checklist
Acacia siculiformis – Taxon details on World Wide Wattle.

Vernacular names
English: Dagger Wattle

Acacia siculiformis, commonly known as dagger wattle, is a shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Phyllodineae native to south eastern Australia.

Description

The glabrous shrub typically grows to a height of 2 to 3 metres (6.6 to 9.8 ft) and can sometimes have a procumbent habit.[1] It has smooth to tessellated grey coloured bark and glabrous, terete and resinous branchlets. The rigid, green phyllodes have a very narrowly elliptic to linear-lanceolate shape and are straight to slightly curved. The phyllodes are 1 to 3.5 cm (0.39 to 1.38 in) in length and have a width of 2 to 4 mm (0.079 to 0.157 in) with a prominent midvein and a pungent-pointed apex. The shrub blooms between August and November and produces simple inflorescences that occur singly or in pairs in the axils. The spherical flower-heads have a diameter of 4.5 to 7 mm (0.18 to 0.28 in) and contain 30 to 45 bright yellow or pale yellow to white coloured flowers. After flowering straight and flat, papery seed pods form that are 1.5 to 5 cm (0.59 to 1.97 in) in length and 4 to 7.5 mm (0.16 to 0.30 in). The smooth and glabrous pods have a few fine lateral veins near the margins.[2]
Distribution

It is endemic to a large area with the bulk of the population found from around Nowra in New South Wales south through the Australian Capital Territory to around Mount Buller. Scattered populations are found further north in New South Wales and also in Tasmania. It is often situated near and around creeks and streams growing in rocky or sandy soils as a part of open Eucalyptus forest communities.[1]
See also

List of Acacia species

References

"Acacia siculiformis". World Wide Wattle. Western Australian Herbarium. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
"Acacia siculiformis A.Cunn. ex Benth". PlantNet. Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney. Retrieved 8 June 2019.