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Acacia dealbata
Árbol de entre 10-12 m de altura, perenne, usado en jardinería como ornamental, de crecimiento rápido pero raramente exceden de los 30 años de edad. De corteza grisácea o blanca, muy ramificado. Ramas angulosas, pubescentes.
La mayor parte de las especies originarias de Australia y de Tasmania. Plantados en parques, calles, paseos, aunque el uso más extendido es la jardinería, por el color de sus flores y el número de ellas, ofreciendo conjuntos de gran belleza.
Florece de enero a marzo. Se han encontrado sarcófagos egipcios de su madera, seguramente debido a su resistencia a la putrefacción.
Spotted on Feb 8, 2011
Submitted on Feb 8, 2011
3 Comments
My first thought was Acacia dealbata, or "Silver wattle", but it grows all over our place and it never flowers this profusely, and this year was a very good year for flowers. It does however make me think of how our Cootamundra Wattle (Acacia baileyana, a native of Western Australia) flowers, but the leaves are paler.
This tree is planted in a private garden. He has blossomed too soon because they are making very good days in Valencia.
Regards.
It's definitely an Australian Acacia species. It is very heavily flowered, which could come from selective breeding for a more decorative version of the wild type tree, or it could be the tree was just having a very good year.