Acacia genistifolia
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Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles
Recommended citation
'Acacia genistifolia' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.
Synonyms
Infraspecifics
Other taxa in genus
Editorial Note
The species treated by Bean as Acacia diffusa has been referred to a subspecies of A. genistifolia.
subsp. genistifolia
A shrub sometimes attaining a height of 9 ft in the wild but more commonly of low and spreading habit; branches stiff and angular. Phyllodes rigid, linear, ending in a sharp point, slightly tapered at the base, straight or sickle-shaped, up to 1 in. long, sometimes more, and 1⁄12 to 1⁄8 in. wide. Flower-heads globular, bright yellow, on stalks up to 1 in. long, usually borne two or three together in each leaf-axil.
Native of Tasmania, Victoria, and New South Wales; introduced in 1818. The low-growing form of this species, introduced from Tasmania by Comber (No. 1446), has proved to be one of the hardiest of the acacias. It flowers well each spring on a wall outside the Temperate House at Kew, and survived the winter of 1962–3.