Flowering
- Jan1
- Feb2
- Mar3
- Apr4
- May5
- Jun6
- Jul7
- Aug8
- Sep9
- Oct10
- Nov11
- Dec12
Distribution
Geogr. District
- Upper Galilee (V. Rare)
- Lower Galilee (Rare)
- Kinnroth Valley (V. Rare)
- Mt. Carmel (Common)
- Esdraelon Plain (Common)
- Mt. Gilboa (V. Rare)
- Bet Shean Valley (V. Rare)
- Acco Plain (V. Common)
- Coast of Carmel (V. Rare)
- Sharon Plain (Common)
- Philistean Plain (Common)
- Samaria (Common)
- Shefela (Common)
- Judean Mountains (Common)
- Judean Desert (V. Rare)
- Dead-Sea Valley (V. Rare)
Vegetation Units
Description & Remarks
Introduced from Australia as an afforestation tree, and planted on mobile sand dunes and at roadsides. Escaping from cultivation into the small areas of mobile sand which remained in the Mediterranean territory. Planted also as a component of the mountain woodlands of the JNF Jewish National Fund. Following wild fires, and its improved germination and establishment abilities after fire, it abounds in areas of repeating fires. This is the situation along route No. 1 at Shaar HaGay, some 20 km W of Jerusalem. The globular inflorescences of the Acacia species differ in their color. It derives from the long anther filaments and is orange in this species. A synonym of this plant is Acacia cyanophylla. The leaves looked bluish to the scientist who descriobed it first.
Family
Additional Names
- Synonym (Scientific):
- Acacia cyanophylla
- English:
- Blue leaf wattle
- Hebrew with Vowels:
- שִׁטָּה כְּחַלְחַלָּה
תכונות וזיהוי
-
עץ נמוך או שיח.
-
התפרחת כדורית, צבעה כתום-צהוב.
- Life form (Raunkiaer):
- tree
- Spinescence:
- absent
- Succulence:
- non-succulent
- Summer Shedding:
- perennating
- Petal or tepal color:
- orange
- Sexuality and Reproductive Morphology:
- Flowers hermaphrodite only
- Sporangia or Seed Homogeneity:
- Homogeneous seeds-fruits
- Flowering Time:
- Spring
- Leaf arrangement:
- alternate (one leaf per node)
- Leaf Type:
- entire
- Leaf or leaflet margin:
- smooth
- Stipule:
- absent
- Habitat:
- Disturbed habitats
- Chorotype:
- Australian
- Drought Resistence:
- Salt Resistance:
- glycophyte
- Synanthrop:
- obligate synanthropic
Taxonomy
- Superdivision:
- Spermatophyta
- Division:
- Angiospermae
- Class:
- Dicotyledoneae
- Family:
- Mimosaceae
- Genus:
- Acacia