Common name: Sydney golden wattle
Acacia longifolia subsp. longifolia (Andrews) Willd. APNI*
Synonyms: Acacia longifolia (Andrews) Willd. var. longifolia APNI*
Acacia longifolia var. latifolia Sweet APNI*
Description: Erect or spreading shrub or tree 1–8 m high.
Phyllodes usually narrowly elliptic to very narrowly elliptic, 6–20 cm long, mostly 4–20 mm wide, 2 or 3 or more longitudinal veins more prominent, apex usually acute or subacute.
Pods ± straight to curved, sometimes curled back or twisted on opening.
Distribution and occurrence: South of Kempsey and Torrington districts.
Grows in a wide range of sclerophyll communities (heathlands to woodlands and tall forests), usually on sandstone and basalt- or granite-derived soils.
NSW subdivisions: NC, CC, SC, NT, CT, ST
Other Australian states: *Qld Vic. *W.A. *S.A.
Text by P.G. Kodela (August 2005)
Taxon concept: P.G. Kodela & G.J. Harden, Flora of NSW Vol. 2 (2002)
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