Description ³

The slender willowy shrub or tree typically grows to a height of 2 to 5 metres (7 to 16 ft). The slender erect habit forms a dense crown of evergreen foliage. The branchlets are normally glabrous and ribbed. The feather like phyllodes are large made up of two to five pairs of pinnae with the larger being 25 to 80 millimetres (1.0 to 3.1 in) in length. The pinnae are made from 12-30 pairs of glabrous green pinnules that are only 3 to 6 mm (0.118 to 0.236 in) long and 1 to 2.5 mm (0.039 to 0.098 in) wide. It blooms from July to December and produces cream-yellow flowers. The flowers are supported in inflorescences that normally contain 15 to 25 flowers. It will later form seed pods that are around 60 mm (2.4 in) long and 3 to 4 mm (0.12 to 0.16 in) containing oblong seeds. The plants are sometimes known as cat bush from there offensive odour.

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1. (c) Hughesdarren, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Acacia_pentadenia4.jpg
2. (c) Hughesdarren, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Acacia_pentadenia3.jpg
3. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acacia_pentadenia

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Atlas of Living Australia
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• eFloras.org
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• World Flora Online

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