Acacia redolens
Nuytsia 1: 327, fig. 8. 1974.
Shrubs or small trees, erect, to 5 m. Twigs brown to purple-brown, fragrant when crushed (vanilla-scented), not flexuous, ridged (resin-ribbed), glabrous. Leaves phyllodic; phyllode flat, straight, oblanceolate, 20–70 × 5–15 mm, venation parallel, with 5–12 prominent veins, minor veins not obvious, apex obtuse, apiculate, surfaces glabrous; gland 1, at edge of pulvinus; pulvinus 1–3 mm. Peduncles 2–6 mm. Inflorescences globose heads, densely flowered, 3–5 mm diam., solitary or clustered in short pseudoracemes of 2–6 heads in distal leaf axils. Flowers 5-merous, light yellow; calyx 0.5–0.8 mm; corolla 1–1.6 mm; filaments 2–3 mm; ovary glabrous. Legumes flattened, linear, 30–60 × 2–4 mm, constricted between seeds. Seeds: aril cream-white, thickened, forming cap on seed.
Phenology: Flowering spring–early summer.
Habitat: Disturbed areas.
Elevation: 30–400 m.
Distribution
Introduced; Ariz., Calif., sw Australia.
Discussion
Acacia redolens is known from Maricopa County, Arizona, and Contra Costa, Orange, Riverside, and San Diego counties, California.
Selected References
None.