Acacia howittii, commonly known as sticky wattle or Howitt's wattle,[3] is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to Victoria, Australia. It is a graceful shrub or small tree with pendulous branchlets, narrowly elliptic to lance-shaped phyllodes, spherical heads of pale lemon yellow flowers and narrowly oblong to linear, firmly papery to thinly leathery pods.
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Spermatophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Caesalpinioideae |
| Clade: | Mimosoid clade |
| Genus: | Acacia |
| Species: | A. howittii |
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Description
editAcacia howittii is a graceful shrub or three that typically grows to a height of up to 9 m (30 ft) and it has slender, pendulous branchlets with hairy ribs. Its phyllodes are narrowly elliptic to lance-shaped, usually 15–25 mm (0.59–0.98 in) long, 4–8 mm (0.16–0.31 in) wide, dark green and glabrous with two or three veins on each face. The flowers are borne in one or two spherical heads in axils on peduncles 3–10 mm (0.12–0.39 in) long, each head with 12 to 20 pale lemon yellow flowers. Flowering mostly occurs in October, and the pods are narrowly oblong to linear, up to 60 mm (2.4 in) long, 4–5 mm (0.16–0.20 in) wide and firmly papery to thinly leathery and brown. The seeds are oblong, 3.5–4.0 mm (0.14–0.16 in) long, somewhat shiny dark brown with an aril on the end.[3][4][5][6]
Taxonomy
editAcacia howittii was first formally described in 1893 by Ferdinand von Mueller in The Victorian Naturalist based on material collected by Alfred William Howitt, for whom the species is named.[7][8]
Distribution and habitat
editSticky wattle is native to eastern Victoria, from around the upper reaches of the Macalister River area near Mount Howitt in the north, and around Yarram in the south, extending east to around Tabberabbera where it is usually grows in moist forest environments.[3] Although regarded as a rare species, it is commonly cultivated, and has become naturalised in areas outside its original range.[6]
See also
editReferences
edit- ↑ Gowland, K. (2021). "Acacia howittii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021 e.T200676373A200676560. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T200676373A200676560.en. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
- 1 2 "Acacia howitii". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 30 March 2026.
- 1 2 3 "Acacia howittii". World Wide Wattle. Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
- ↑ Maslin, Bruce R. "Acacia howittii". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. Retrieved 30 March 2026.
- ↑ "Acacia howittii". Australian Biological Resources Study. Retrieved 30 March 2026.
- 1 2 Entwisle, Timothy J.; Maslin, Bruce R.; Cowan, Richard S.; Court, Arthur B. "Acacia howittii". Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 30 March 2026.
- ↑ "Acacia howitii". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 30 March 2026.
- ↑ von Mueller, Ferdinand (1893). "Descriptions of new Australian plants, with occasional other annotations (continued)". The Victorian Naturalist. 10 (1): 16. Retrieved 30 March 2026.