Acacia longifolia subsp. longifolia

Sydney Golden Wattle at 34 Tallow Wood Road

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Identification history

	Acacia sp.	8 Aug 2018	BettyDonWood
	Unidentified	4 Aug 2018	Evelynm

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6 comments

BettyDonWood wrote:

9 Aug 2018

Acacias can be extraordinarily difficult to ID from photos. There are a lot of species that this is not, and some it might be, but without knowing eg how many individual flowers are in the heads, and without good photos of the front and back of a leaf showing the veins, hairiness if present, and the gland(s) if present, it is not possible for me to say what it is.

JackieMiles wrote:

9 Aug 2018

With the advantage of being down on the coast and knowing what is currently flowering, I'm happy to call this one longifolia. Flowers are rod type, phyllodes are the right shape, and general form of the plant looks good for that species. But Betty's right, some close-up shots would be helpful in general.

BettyDonWood wrote:

9 Aug 2018

I did not pick up that the flower heads were rod shaped. That was what threw me. I thought they looked round from the photo.

plants wrote:

9 Aug 2018

Happy with A. longifolia longifolia.

Evelynm wrote:

11 Aug 2018

Thanks Betty and Jackie for educating me on what is required to make identification easier. I will endeavour to capture more detail as advised next time.

JackieMiles wrote:

11 Aug 2018

Yeah, not always easy using just a phone. It seems like it can be hard to get them to focus on close-up shots - they often want to go for the background. You could try sticking a hand in there to give it something more definite to focus on, then whisk it out at the last minute.

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