Acacia baileyana F.Muell.

Cootamundra wattle (en), Mimosa de Bailey (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Acacia

Characteristics

Shrub or tree to 10 m high; d.b.h. to 25 cm; crown spreading. Bark smooth, grey or brown. Branchlets angled towards apices otherwise ± terete, pruinose, glabrous or softly white-pilose; ridges to 0.2 mm high. Young foliage-tips pale blue. Leaves subcoriaceous, blue-grey, glaucous, subsessile with basal pinnae arising ±immediately above pulvinus; rachis (0.3–) 1–2.5 cm long, with 1 prominent orbicular or oblong glabrous gland at base of upper 1–3 pairs of pinnae; interjugary glands absent; pinnae (1–) 2–4 (–6) pairs, 1–2.5 (–3) cm long; pinnules (4–) 8–24 pairs, closely spaced, cultrate to oblong, (3–) 5–8 mm long, 0.7–1.6 mm wide, glabrous, with ± prominent midvein and 1 or 2 ± discernible secondary veins and sometimes lateral veins; apex rounded to subacute. Inflorescences of axillary racemes 3–10 cm long, or terminal false-panicles; axes much longer than the leaves; peduncles 3–7 mm long. Heads globular, 11–25-flowered, golden. Pods 3–10 cm long, 7.5–15 mm wide, coriaceous, bluish at first, later brown to black, glabrous.
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Unarmed shrub or tree up to 5 m high; young branchlets subglabrous to sparingly pubescent. Leaves bipinnate, glaucous: petiole very short, 2-8 mm long; rhachis 0-1.2 cm long, with a gland at the junction of each or only the top few pinnae pairs; pinnae (1)2-4 pairs, crowded; leaflets 12-20 pairs, 3-7 x 0.8-1.5 mm, linear-oblong, often slightly falcate, glabrous throughout or with few marginal cilia. Inflorescences capitate, in axillary racemes or panicles longer than the leaves. Flowers bright yellow; peduncles 2-5 mm long. Calyx and corolla glabrous or almost so. Pods brown, 4-10 x 0.8-1.4 cm, straight or slightly curved, margins entire or only slightly and irregularly constricted between some of the seeds, dehiscing longitudinally along one margin. Seeds blackish, ±6 x 3 mm, smooth; caruncle conspicuous; areole ±5 x 2 mm.
Small, unarmed tree to 3 m high. Branchlets angular, glabrous or pubescent. Leaves bipinnate, glaucous, pinnae and leaflets approximate, leaves consequently making an impression of being entire, rachis 1-3 cm, petiole 0.1-0.2 cm, glabrous to tomentose, rachis glands at junction of pinnae, circular, concave, c. 1 mm in diameter; pinnae 2-4(-6) pairs, 1-2.5 cm; leaflets opposite, sessile, (4-) 12-24 pairs per pinna, linear, often slightly curved, 3-8 by 0.7-1.6 mm, glabrous. Inflorescences 6-12.5 cm long racemes with flower heads of 10-20 flowers, much longer than the leaves, the terminal racemes often aggregated into a panicle, rachis glabrous or subglabrous. Pod strap-shaped, 5-10.5 by 0.9-1.2 cm, 10-13-seeded, funicle short.
Tree or shrub, 3-6 m high, covered with grey-blue powdery bloom. Leaves bipinnate, greyish to silvery blue, tinged purple, 20-50 mm long, rachis up to 12 mm long, pinnae 2-4 pairs, crowded, each with 12-20 leaflet pairs. Flowers globular heads in axillary racemes, bright yellow. Flowering time July-Sept. Pod greyish brown, 40-100 x 8-14 mm, straight or slightly curved, irregularly constricted between some seeds, dehiscent.
Unarmed, evergreen, small tree, 3-9 m, with branches and leaves covered with a greyish or bluish, powdery bloom. Leaves bipinnate, greyish or silvery blue, sometimes tinged purple. Flowers in globose heads, bright yellow. Pods greyish brown.
Unarmed shrub or tree, up to 5 m high. Leaves with 1-4 pinnae pairs; leaflets 1.5-5.0 mm long, narrower than 2 mm; petiole and rhachis together shorter than 25 mm. Inflorescence longer than leaves. Flowers bright yellow.
Leaves 2-pinnate, glaucous; petiole very short, c. 2 mm.; pinnae in 2-5 pairs, crowded, c. 0.8-3 cm. long; leaflets 3-8 x 0.8-1.5 mm., glabrous or subciliate on the margins only.
A shrub or small tree. It grows 3-10 m tall. It has twice divided leaves. The leaflets are 23 cm long and silvery grey The flowers are yellow and round in clusters.
Shrub or tree 5-10 m. high, unarmed; young branchlets ± inconspicuously pubescent.
Flowers yellow, in heads arranged in axillary racemes longer than the leaves.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread barochory
Mature width (meter) 2.0 - 2.75
Mature height (meter) 4.5 - 7.0
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Grows naturally in open woodland, in stony, undulating or hilly country, on granites and porphyries. Naturalised often on roadsides, along railways, in disturbed bushland and urban areas. An early account of the habitat(s) where Acacia baileyana grows is provided by Newman (1935; illustrated in pl. 18).
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It is a temperate plant. It can tolerate forests.
Light 6-8
Soil humidity 4-10
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Soil acidity 2-6
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-10

Usage

Cootamundra Wattle Acacia baileyana is widely cultivated in parks, gardens and on roadsides, both for its foliage and floral display. It is fast growing, frost resistant, fairly hardy but relatively short-lived.
Uses animal food bee plant environmental use fuel invertebrate food medicinal
Edible seeds
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Cultivation

Plants can be grown from seed. Seeds should be soaked in boiling water. It can be grown by cuttings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 21
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 26
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Germination treatment soaking
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Images

Habit

Acacia baileyana habit picture by ian connop (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Acacia baileyana leaf picture by Osio Uribe h.g. (cc-by-sa)
Acacia baileyana leaf picture by Dan Maxwell (cc-by-sa)
Acacia baileyana leaf picture by Tama Brightwell (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Acacia baileyana flower picture by Rincón Chacon David Manuel (cc-by-sa)
Acacia baileyana flower picture by ian connop (cc-by-sa)
Acacia baileyana flower picture by Patrick Doyle (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Acacia baileyana fruit picture by Monika Kopp (cc-by-sa)
Acacia baileyana fruit picture by Daniel Grixti-Cheng (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Acacia baileyana world distribution map, present in Argentina, Australia, Colombia, Costa Rica, France, Indonesia, India, Kenya, New Zealand, United States of America, Viet Nam, South Africa, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:469798-1
WFO ID wfo-0000189913
COL ID 64C9J
BDTFX ID 93
INPN ID 79687
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Racosperma baileyanum Acacia baileyana var. purpurea Acacia baileyana var. aurea Acacia baileyana