Acacia retinodes
{{Short description|Species of legume}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Speciesbox
|image = Acacia melanoxylon2.jpg
|genus = Acacia
|species = retinodes
|authority = Schltdl.{{cite web |url=http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=Acacia+retinodes |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130115015239/http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=Acacia+retinodes |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 January 2013 |title=Acacia retinodes |accessdate=4 December 2012 |work=Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database |publisher=Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra }}
|synonyms = * Acacia floribunda sensu auct.
- Acacia fragrans Pottier
- Acacia longissima Chopinet
- Acacia provincialis A.Camus
- Acacia retinodes Schltdl. var. floribunda H.Vilm.
- Acacia retinoide Schltr.
- Acacia retinoides Schltr.
- Acacia rhetinoides Schltr.
- Acacia rostellifera sensu auct.
- Acacia semperflorens A.Berger
|synonyms_ref = [http://www.ildis.org/LegumeWeb?version~10.01&LegumeWeb&tno~5839&genus~Acacia&species~retinodes ILDIS LegumeWeb]
|range_map = Acacia retinodesDistMap761.png
|range_map_caption = Occurrence data from AVH
}}
Acacia retinodes is an evergreen shrub that is native to South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania. Short racemes of yellow flowers are produced periodically throughout the year.{{cite book|title=RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants|year=2008|publisher=Dorling Kindersley|location=United Kingdom|isbn=978-1405332965|pages=1136}}[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_CfDcl2m-6BMC/page/n18 Internet Archive] Select Extra-tropical Plants Readily Eligible for Industrial Culture Or Naturalization By Ferdinand von Mueller Some common names are retinodes water wattle, swamp wattle, wirilda, ever-blooming wattle and silver wattle.
Description
The tree typically grows to a height of {{cvt|6|to|10|m}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.arthurleej.com/p-o-m-July05.html |title=Arthur Lee Jacobson Plant of the Month |access-date=21 April 2007 |archive-date=8 April 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070408095945/http://www.arthurleej.com/p-o-m-July05.html |url-status=dead }} and is able to form suckers. It has furrowed bark with a rough texture that is dark brown to black in colour. It has glabrous branchlets that are sometimes pendulous or angular or flattened at extremities. Like most species of Acacia it has phyllodes rather than true leaves. The green to grey-green, glabrous and variable phyllodes are quite crowded on stems and have a narrowly oblanceolate to linear shape. The phyllodes are {{cvt|5|to|16|cm}} in length and {{cvt|3|to|16|mm}} wide with one main nerve per face. It mostly blooms in summer between December and February.{{cite web|url=https://apps.lucidcentral.org/wattle/text/entities/acacia_retinodes.htm|title=Acacia retinodes Schltdl.|accessdate=4 August 2020|work=Wattle - Acacias of Australia|publisher=Lucid Central}}
File:Acacia retinodes - Jardín Botánico de Barcelona - Barcelona, Spain - DSC08956.JPG
Taxonomy
The species was first formally described by the botanist Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal in 1847 as part of the work Sudaustralische Pflanzen. II. Bestimmung und Beschreibung der von Dr Behr in Sudaustralien gesammelten Pflanzen as published in the journal Linnaea: ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange, oder Beiträge zur Pflanzenkunde. It was reclassified as Racosperma retinodes by Leslie Pedley in 2003 then transferred back to genus Acacia in 2007.{{cite web|url=https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2891480#names|title=Acacia retinodes Schltdl.|accessdate=4 August 2020|work=Atlas of Living Australia|publisher=Global Biodiversity Information Facility}}
= Varieties =
- A. retinodes var. retinodes
- A. retinodes var. uncifolia
Distribution
In South Australia it is native to the Mount Lofty Ranges from around Mount Clare to Mount Bryan extending down the Fleurieu Peninsula to around Delamere and Normanville in the south and is regarded as a weed further to the southeast. It is commonly situated on low ranges and hills as a part of Eucalyptus woodland communities.
Uses
It is used for environmental management and for ornamental purposes. It produces good quantities of gum and its bark is good for tanning. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.{{cite web | url =
https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/91596/Acacia-retinodes/Details | title = Acacia retinodes | website = www.rhs.org | publisher = Royal Horticultural Society | accessdate = 27 February 2020}}{{cite web | url = https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/pdfs/agm-lists/agm-ornamentals.pdf | title = AGM Plants - Ornamental | date = November 2018 | page = 1 | publisher = Royal Horticultural Society | website = www.rhs.org | accessdate = 27 February 2020}} In temperate regions it requires a frost-free sheltered spot with full sun.{{cite web|url=http://plantselector.botanicgardens.sa.gov.au/Plants/Details/5880|work=Adelaide Botanic Garden|title=Acacia retinodes - Wirilda|accessdate=23 October 2019}} Indigenous Australians ate the gum, after softening it in water, to relieve chest pains.{{cite web|url=http://plantselector.botanicgardens.sa.gov.au/Plants/Details/5880|title=Acacia retinodes Wirilda|accessdate=4 August 2020|work=Plant Selector|publisher=Government of South Australia}}
The plant is grown as a house plant in temperate climates, where it is resistant to most diseases and pests. It can be grown in almost any well-drained potting soil, but requires ample light and water from spring to summer. Watering should be reduced in the fall and winter. Repotting is generally necessary at the start of each growth season. The plant is usually propagated from seed, but can be propagated from cuttings, though these may take several months to root.{{cite book |last1=Chiusoli |first1=Alessandro |last2=Boriani |first2=Luisa Maria |title=Simon & Schuster's guide to houseplants |date=1986 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |location=New York |isbn=0671631314}}
Gallery
Acaciaretinodes1web.jpg|Acacia retinodes habit
File:Acacia retinoides2LEST.jpg|Flowers and foliage
File:Starr-090513-7751-Acacia retinodes-seedpods and leaves-Waipoli Rd-Maui (24955082495).jpg|Seedpods in Maui
See also
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Category:Flora of Victoria (state)
Category:Flora of South Australia
Category:Plants described in 1847
Category:Taxa named by Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal