Acacia ?

[Jox]

Looking for a hand to work out what this Acacia might be, it reminds me of obtuse but I have my doubts. These plants are growing in a nursery were I work but my boss has know idea what he sowed (some kind of wattle he tells me), so the seed could of come from anywhere in Australia,so location is no help.

I was not able to take photos of the whole trees as my camera makes them to big & I don't know how to make them smaller, I will try to get photos of them later in the week. Anyway here are some photos I took.

Trunk/Bark

Phyllodes

Phyllodes attached to stem

Top view of phyllode

Underside phyllode

I hope these photos will be enough to work out what species this is & look forward to hearing your thoughts.

Cheers

Jox

[Seldom]

not obtusifolia. would need pods and flowers to properly ID. bark looks like Hakea sp. ?

[Jox]

Thanks Seldom,

I have seen a few seed pods on them but forgot to bring any home for photos, they were about 60-80mm long, they were straight & had a slight diamond shape to them, all of them had opened & had shed there seed. I will collect some for photos this week. The pods are what made me doubt obtusifolia (slight diamond shape), I would assume that would also rule out any Hakea sp as well, it would be nice if they were some kind of Hakea.

Cheers

Jox

[tarenna]

Fertile material needed to id - too many potentials oz-wide to narrow it down without fertile material

[Jox]

Hey tarenna, what do you mean by fertile material?

I will collect some dry/open seed pods tomorrow, I think it was just starting to form some little flower buds so I will try to snap some pics of them tomorrow & more over the next few weeks as they develop.

Cheers

Jox

[tarenna]

Hey Jox

In botany, fertile material means flowers, fruit or both. Basically any material that allows for an examination of floral and fruiting morphology. In the case of many species there is a further need to dissect and an/or microscopically examine fertile material to reach a positive identification...

[Jox]

Hi tarenna, thanks for the lesson mate , I will not forget that .

Cheers

Jox

[Jox]

I now have a photos of flowers & open seed pods to see if I can get some help with this one. I am even more keen to work this out as after seeing the flower realized it is not an Acacia. Sorry about photo quality, looking forward to working this out.

Cheers

Jox

[tarenna]

Definitely Proteaceae. Flower and fruit looks like it could be a Grevillea sp. or possibly a Lomatia sp? The lack of location detail makes it tricky.

Edited August 24, 2014 by tarenna