Hard-leaf Wattle
Green Pods & Leaves
Mallee Bush-pea
Whole
| Hard-leaf Wattle Green Pods & Leaves | | Mallee Bush-pea Whole | | ||
 | Class: | Plants (Plantae) - Shrubs & Bushes | |||
| Order: | Fabales | ||||
| Family: | Legume (Fabaceae or Leguminosae) | ||||
| Species: | Hard-leaf Wattle (Acacia sclerophylla var sclerophylla) | ||||
| This Photo: | Dried Pods & Seeds | ||||
General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), and elsewhere Similar to A. hakeoides, but the leaves are much narrower, with a pointy tip. At the tip, the leaf dries to a hard black/grey point. Leaves don't have the yellow edge, but are strongly veined / striped. Generally the bushes are shorter and more sprawling than the Hakea Wattle. When in flower the bush looks like a mass of upright flower stems, whereas the Hakea tends to look like a big, wide, yellow ball. The seeds are held in the pods with a white cup. There is no cup holding the seed in the Hakea Wattle. | |||||
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