Acacia longifolia (Andrews) Willd.

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Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

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'Acacia longifolia' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/acacia/acacia-longifolia/). Accessed 2025-04-26.

Family

  • Fabaceae

Genus

Common Names

  • Sydney Golden Wattle

Synonyms

  • Mimosa longifolia Andrews

Glossary

glabrous
Lacking hairs smooth. glabrescent Becoming hairless.
lanceolate
Lance-shaped; broadest in middle tapering to point.

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Credits

Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

Recommended citation
'Acacia longifolia' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/acacia/acacia-longifolia/). Accessed 2025-04-26.

An evergreen small tree or shrub 15 to 30 ft high, of vigorous growth; young shoots angular, usually glabrous. Phyllodes leaf-like, leathery, oblong-lanceolate, blunt or more or less pointed, tapered at the base; 3 to 6 in. long, 38 to 34 in. wide; dark green. Flowers bright yellow, produced from the axils of the phyllodes in cylindrical spikes 112 to 2 in. long, 14 to 38 in. wide. Pod 3 to 4 in. long, 16 to 13 in. wide. Bot. Mag., tt. 1827, 2166.

Native of the Australian mainland, and (if interpreted in a wide sense) of Tasmania; introduced in 1792 and ever since a popular cool greenhouse shrub. It can usually be recognised by its large, narrowly oblong ‘leaves’ and its long, rather slender flower-spikes, which open in spring. It has been grown in many Cornish gardens, and the late Sir F. Stern once had a plant against his house at Highdown, Worthing, eventually killed by frost. It is one of the most lime-tolerant species, and for that reason used on the French Riviera as a stock for other species. It is popular as a street tree in California.