Acacia pendula
| Acacia pendula | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Genus: | Acacia |
| Species: | A. pendula |
| Binomial name | |
| Acacia pendula A.Cunn. ex G.Don, 1832 | |
Acacia pendula (weeping myall) is a species of wattle, which is native to Australia. It is a tree, which grows up to 10 m in height, and is pendulous in form with grey-green narrow phyllodes which are about 10 cm in length.
Acacia bark
It occurs naturally in dry outback areas in Queensland, New South Wales, and Victoria.
Alternative common names include myall, true myall, boree, silver-leaf boree, balaar, and nilyah.
See also
References
- Australian National Botanic Gardens: Acacia pendula
- Department of Environment and Climate Change Threatened Species - Weeping Myall population in the Hunter catchment - profile
- "Acacia pendula". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
External links
Media related to Acacia pendula at Wikimedia Commons
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