Acacia falcata Willd.

• 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 falcata Willd.

• Description

  
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  Species Description - Glabrous shrub or tree. Leaves simple, oblanceolate-falcate, long-tapering to base, 7-15 cm, uninerved, the nerve displaced; gland basal, obscure or absent. Flowers in heads 3-4 mm diam, in narrow axillary racemes and (or) terminal compound racemes; peduncles slender. Legume flat, oblong, 5-10 cm long, 6-7 mm wide. Bailey & Bailey (1941), Mattoon (1958), Hortus III.

• Discussion

  I have seen several sheets marked as A. jalcata, but have referred most of them to A. pycnantha. The species are contrasted under treatment of the latter (among accepted species).