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Acacia hakeoides
Scientific Name: Acacia hakeoides
Family: Fabaceae
Category: Dicot
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Acacia hakeoides - Hakea Wattle
Acacia hakeoides, commonly known as hakea wattle or western black wattle, is a species of Acacia native to southern Australia.
Considerations for Pets
- This plant is a shrub or tree, which may be tempting for pets to chew on.
Taxonomy and Nomenclature
- Scientific Name: Acacia hakeoides A.Cunn. ex Benth.
- Common Names: Hakea wattle, Western black wattle, Hakea-leaf wattle
- Family: Fabaceae (also referred to as Mimosaceae)
- Synonym: Racosperma hakeoides (A.Cunn. ex Benth.) Pedley
- Described by George Bentham in 1842.
Distribution and Habitat
- Acacia hakeoides has a scattered distribution across southern Australia.
- It extends from near Esperance in Western Australia, east through southern South Australia and into Victoria.
Morphological Characteristics
- It is typically a bushy shrub or small tree, usually growing to around 4 meters in height.
- It can be an erect or spreading shrub or tree.
- The plant can be multi-stemmed (2 to many stems).
- Branchlets are glabrous (smooth).
- Phyllodes (modified leaf stalks) are narrowly oblanceolate, sometimes linear, and occasionally have a kinked upper margin at the gland.
Other Uses
- The plant contains ?-Phenethylamine.
Interactions with Other Organisms
- Acacia hakeoides is a host plant for the psyllid species Acizzia acaciaebaileyanae and Acizzia albizziae.
Further Information
- PlantNET provides line drawings and photos: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Acacia~hakeoides
- Australian National Botanic Gardens: http://www.anbg.gov.au/photo/apii/id/dig/1926 and http://www.anbg.gov.au/photo/apii/id/a/2096
- Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN): U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.