Acacia myrtifolia

Acacia myrtifolia subsp. var.	Myrtle Wattle, Red Stern Wattle, South Australian Silver Wattle
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	Fabaceae > Acacia myrtifolia var. , (Sm.) Willd.

Acacia myrtifolia, known colloquially as Myrtle Wattle or Red-stemmed Wattle, is a species of Acacia native to Australia. Its specific epithet 'myrtle-leaved' is derived from the Latin myrtus 'myrtle', and folium 'leaf'. It is a small shrub 0.3–3 m (1–10 ft) in height, and 2–3 m (7–10 ft) spread. It has distinctive red branches and lanceolate green phyllodes, 2–9 cm (1-3½ in) in length and 0.5–3 cm wide. Its flowers are creamy white or pale yellow and appear in winter and spring. These are followed by 4–7 cm (1½-3 in) long curved seed pods.

It was one of the earliest plants described in the colony, having been illustrated by James Sowerby.

Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Acacia myrtifolia, Willd. A tall shrub with angular branchlets, the angles, glands and margins of phyll. edged with light red or pink: phyll. oval to ovate-lanceolate, the apex either acute with oblique point or obtuse and rounded, 1 1/4-2 in. long, l/3-l/2in. wide; gland 1/4in. from base; nerve excentric: fls. in racemes nearly as long as phyll.; peduncles 1/8in. long; fl.-heads few (3-5), though large, 4-merous; petals with prominent midrib; sepals short, united: pod with nerve-like margins, curved and contracted between the seeds and tough, 3 in. long, 1/6in. broad; funicle short, thickened into cup-shaped aril. Fls. Feb-Mar. Var. celastrifolia, Benth. (A. celastrifolia, Benth.). Phyll. mostly 1 1/2 in. long and often 1 in. broad. B.M. 4306. Var. normalis, Benth. Phyll. mostly 1-2 in. long and about 1/2in. broad. Var. angustifolia, Benth. Phyll. mostly 2-4 in. long, 1/6-1/3in. broad. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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