Australian Cultivar Registration Authority

Description: Acacia baileyana 'Purpurea', Taken: August 1995, Potential weed.
Photographer: Carmen, P.

Description: Acacia baileyana 'Purpurea', Taken: 13 December 2018, [HERBARIUM SPECIMEN] ACRA NO: Acc 549 Copyright : Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR) holds copyright
Photographer: Palmer, R.

Acacia baileyana 'Purpurea'

File Number

549

ACRA Field Book Number

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Registration Date

18/12/1994

Application Received

20/12/1989

Family

Fabaceae

Cultivar Name

Acacia baileyana 'Purpurea'

Origin

Acacia 'Purpurea' has been in cultivation for many years as selected variant(s) of Acacia baileyana with deep purple new growth. The origin is unknown, though naturally occurring and naturalised plants occur with varying degrees of colour in the new growth. Variants have not only varying degrees of colour in the new growth but the length of the growth can range from 1-2cm to 30cm long.

Characteristics

Small single trunked tree, 5-8 metres in diameter, leaves blue-green to silver grey bipinnate, flowers terminal globular in dense racemes, golden yellow.

Cultivation

Propagation of this form has been by seed. Seed growing results in different degrees and length of the coloured new growth, but this is how the selections that occur under this name are made. Vegetative propagation is possible but only with some difficulty. Acacia 'Purpurea' is useful in providing foliage contrast in larger landscapes. Please note that the normal form of this species is widely grown and has become a naturalised weed in many areas of Australia. Care should be taken not to grow this species in nearby vicinity to areas of remnant vegetation or natural reserve areas. This is especially so in the Southern Tablelands of Australia.

Publication

Elliot, W.R. & Jones, D.L. (1982), Encyclopaedia of Australian plants suitable for cultivation 2: 20

Colour Coding

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Propagation

Cuttings

Applicant Name

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Uses

As part of the shrubbery, screen planting or as a showy feature plant

Availability

Specialist native plant nurseries

ANBG Accession Numbers

ACC549

NSL ID

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