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'''''Acacia retinodes''''' is a perennial tree which is widely distributed throughout the world.  It is unusual amongst the ''Acacias'', since it flowers the whole year round.<ref name="select">[http://books.google.com/books?id=CfDcl2m-6BMC&pg=PA7&lpg=PA7&dq=%22acacia+longifolia%22+uses&source=web&ots=EkNk6Oa_ip&sig=QcXMyBrLsTSqmA1MLErlSFY-s_w#PPA8,M1 Google Books] ''Select Extra-tropical Plants Readily Eligible for Industrial Culture Or Naturalization'' By Ferdinand von Mueller</ref> Some common names for '''''Acacia retinodes''''' are '''Retinodes Water Wattle''', '''Swamp Wattle''', '''Wirilda''', '''Ever-blooming Wattle''' and '''Silver Wattle'''.<ref name="ildis"/>
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It grows to a height of 6-10m.<ref>[http://www.arthurleej.com/p-o-m-July05.html Arthur Lee Jacobson Plant of the Month]</ref>
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Acacia retinodes, Schlecht. A tall shrub or small tree: phyll. lanceolate, with nerve-like margins and narrowed to base, acute, pinnately veined. 3-6 in. long, 1/4-3/4in. wide; gland 1/4in. from base: fls. in racemes, mostly compound; peduncles 1/4in. long; 30-40 fls. in a head: pod flat, with nerve-like margin, 3—4 in. long, about 1/4in. wide; funicle colored red, encircling seed, bent back upon itself in a double fold and ending in club-shaped aril; ripe June-Oct. Fls. Feb.-Sept. —Very closely resembling A. neriifolia in foliage and fls., but differs in pod, being narrower than that of A. neriifolia, while the funicle is red and encircles seed in double fold.
Acacia retinodes, Schlecht. A tall shrub or small tree: phyll. lanceolate, with nerve-like margins and narrowed to base, acute, pinnately veined. 3-6 in. long, 1/4-3/4in. wide; gland 1/4in. from base: fls. in racemes, mostly compound; peduncles 1/4in. long; 30-40 fls. in a head: pod flat, with nerve-like margin, 3—4 in. long, about 1/4in. wide; funicle colored red, encircling seed, bent back upon itself in a double fold and ending in club-shaped aril; ripe June-Oct. Fls. Feb.-Sept. F. y. M. Icon. 5:9.—Very closely resembling A. neriifolia in foliage and fls., but differs in pod, being narrower than that of A. neriifolia, while the funicle is red and encircles seed in double fold.
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Latest revision as of 20:14, 17 August 2010

 Acacia retinodes subsp. var.  Silver wattle, Swamp wattle, Wirilda
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Acacia retinodes is a perennial tree which is widely distributed throughout the world. It is unusual amongst the Acacias, since it flowers the whole year round.[1] Some common names for Acacia retinodes are Retinodes Water Wattle, Swamp Wattle, Wirilda, Ever-blooming Wattle and Silver Wattle.[2] It grows to a height of 6-10m.[3]


Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Acacia retinodes, Schlecht. A tall shrub or small tree: phyll. lanceolate, with nerve-like margins and narrowed to base, acute, pinnately veined. 3-6 in. long, 1/4-3/4in. wide; gland 1/4in. from base: fls. in racemes, mostly compound; peduncles 1/4in. long; 30-40 fls. in a head: pod flat, with nerve-like margin, 3—4 in. long, about 1/4in. wide; funicle colored red, encircling seed, bent back upon itself in a double fold and ending in club-shaped aril; ripe June-Oct. Fls. Feb.-Sept. —Very closely resembling A. neriifolia in foliage and fls., but differs in pod, being narrower than that of A. neriifolia, while the funicle is red and encircles seed in double fold. CH


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  1. ↑ Google Books Select Extra-tropical Plants Readily Eligible for Industrial Culture Or Naturalization By Ferdinand von Mueller
  2. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named ildis
  3. ↑ Arthur Lee Jacobson Plant of the Month
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