Acacia ausfeldii
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Acacia ausfeldii, commonly known as Ausfeld's Wattle or Whipstick Cinnamon Wattle, is a shrub species that is endemic to south-eastern Australia
. It grows to between 1 and 4 metres high and has phyllodes that are 2 to 7 cm long and 2 to 6 mm wide. The yellow globular flowerheads appear in groups of two or three in the axils of the phyllodes in August to October, followed by straight seed pods which are 4 to 9 cm long and 2 to 4 mm wide.
The species was first formally described in 1867 by German botanist Eduard August von Regel
based on a horticultural specimen grown from seed collected by J.G. Ausfeld in Bendigo, Victoria
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. It grows to between 1 and 4 metres high and has phyllodes that are 2 to 7 cm long and 2 to 6 mm wide. The yellow globular flowerheads appear in groups of two or three in the axils of the phyllodes in August to October, followed by straight seed pods which are 4 to 9 cm long and 2 to 4 mm wide.
The species was first formally described in 1867 by German botanist Eduard August von Regel
Eduard August von Regel
Eduard August von Regel was a German horticulturalist and botanist. He ended his career serving as the Director of the Russian Imperial Botanical Garden of St. Petersburg...
based on a horticultural specimen grown from seed collected by J.G. Ausfeld in Bendigo, Victoria