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Acacia paradoxa DC.

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Acacia paradoxa DC. (1813)
Acacia paradoxa DC.

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Exotic
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New Zealand
Political Region

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DC.
DC.
1813
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Acacia paradoxa DC.
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Acacia paradoxa

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paradoxa

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Shrub or small tree up to 3 m high; twigs furrowed, moderately hairy. Lvs reduced to phyllodes, alternate; phyllodes glabrous or sparsely hairy, ovate, asymmetric, usually shortly mucronate, entire, (5)-10-18-(20) × 2-8 mm, with one prominent vein; stipules usually spinescent, 3-10 mm long, sometimes membranous, triangular, 1-2 mm long. Infl. of many-flowered, axillary, golden, globose heads; heads usually solitary, occasionally paired or in small clusters; peduncles c. 10-15 mm long. Fls 5-merous, sessile. Pod usually villous, straight or curved, 40-50-(60) × 3-4 mm; aril with 2-4 folds, thickened below seed.

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Acacia paradoxa DC.
Acacia paradoxa DC.
Acacia paradoxa DC.
Acacia paradoxa DC.
Acacia paradoxa DC.
Acacia paradoxa DC.
Acacia paradoxa DC.
Acacia paradoxa DC.

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Acacia paradoxa DC.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Acacia paradoxa DC.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
Acacia paradoxa DC.
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
Acacia paradoxa DC.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District

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1 January 2000
22 October 2015
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