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Acacia pravissima (Knife-leaved Wattle; wedge-leaf wattle; Tumut Wattle; Oven's Wattle; Ovens Wattle; Oven Wattle)

Synonyms: Racosperma pravissimum (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Acacia pravissima (Ovens wattle or wedge-leaved wattle), is a species of evergreen shrub in the Fabaceae family native to Victoria, the South West Slopes and Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia. It grows to 5m, producing racemes of yellow flowers in Winter and Spring. In temperate climates it is usually grown under glass. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
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Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  High
Leaf Type [2]  Deciduous
Structure [2]  Tree

Predators

Aspidiotus nerii (ivy scale)[3]
Pseudalmenus chlorinda (Silky Hairstreak)[4]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 3Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
♦ 4Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0