Acacia prominens A.Cunn. ex G.Don

Taxonomy and Naming

Acacia prominens (common name not given) is a plant formally described as Acacia prominens A.Cunn. ex G.Don.

Height

It most commonly grows to a height of 5 to 9 meters (16 to 30 feet), and may occasionally reach 20 to 25 meters (66 to 82 feet).

Bark and Branchlets

Its branchlets are hairless and angled at their tips, and it has smooth grey bark.

Phyllode Presence

Like most Acacia species, it has phyllodes instead of true leaves.

Phyllode Coloration

These phyllodes range in color from grey-green to grey-blue, and are hairless to sparsely hairy.

Phyllode Shape

They have a narrowly elliptic to narrowly oblong-elliptic shape, and are roughly straight.

Phyllode Dimensions and Venation

The phyllodes measure 2.5 to 6 centimeters (0.98 to 2.36 inches) long and 5 to 12 millimeters (0.20 to 0.47 inches) wide, with a prominent midvein.

Flowering Period and Inflorescence Arrangement

It blooms between July and September, producing inflorescences grouped 5 to 25 at a time in an axillary raceme.

Flower-head Characteristics

The flower-heads are spherical, 3 to 5 millimeters (0.12 to 0.20 inches) in diameter, and hold 8 to 15 lemon yellow to pale yellow flowers.

Native Distribution

This species is endemic to southeastern Australia, where it is native to New South Wales and also found in Victoria.

New South Wales Range

In New South Wales, it occurs from the Hunter Valley in the northwest to the Gosford and Sydney areas in the southeast.

Native Habitat

It commonly grows in damp, sheltered locations in loamy or clay soils, along rainforest margins or as part of wet sclerophyll forest communities.

Naturalised Range in Victoria

It is naturalised in parts of central Victoria, including the goldfields, greater Grampians, Gippsland Plain and northern inland slopes.