Acacia pravissima F.Muell.

  • Authority

    Isley, Duane. 1973. Leguminosae of the United States: I. Subfamily. Mimosoideae. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 25 (1): 1-152.

  • Family

    Mimosaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Acacia pravissima F.Muell.

  • Description

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    Species Description - Glabrous, unarmed shrub or small tree with narrowly winged branchlets. Leaves simple, closely crowded, half-ovate to asymmetrically triangular, 1-1.5 cm long, about equally wide, thick with one strong, curved nerve and one weaker; one margin straight and terminating in muero, the other convex and gland-bearing below the middle; gland bulging, conspicuous. Flowers in 6-12 flowered yellow heads 3-4 mm diam in axillary racemes and terminal compound racemes. Legume oblong, laterally compressed, straight or slightly curved, (4-) 6-8 cm long, 5-7 mm wide. Funiculus briefly convolute below aril.

  • Discussion

    This species is treated by Bailey and Bailey (1941) and Hortus III, and discussed by Jones (1933) and Riedel (1957). But it is not mentioned by Mathias and McClintock (1963), nor is it among current listings in the LASCA card file (1970). Possibly it is on its way out, but I have seen numerous specimens.

  • Distribution

    Urban California. Cultivated ornamental. Feb.-March. Native of Australia.

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