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Acacia caerulescens (Buchan Blue Wattle; Buchan Blue)

Synonyms: Racosperma caerulescens (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Acacia caerulescens, commonly known as limestone blue wattle, Buchan blue or Buchan blue wattle is a tree species that is endemic to Victoria, Australia. It grows to between 10 and 15 metres high and has phyllodes that are 4 to 8 cm long and 1.5 to 3 cm wide. The lemon yellow globular flowerheads appear in racemes from November to December in the species native range, followed by seed pods that are 5 to 12 cm long and 1.4 to 2.2 cm wide. The species was formally described in 1989 based on plant material collected near Buchan in Gippsland.
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Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  High
Structure [2]  Tree

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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
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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