Acacia anasilla A.S.George

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Acacia

Characteristics

Erect shrub to 2 m high. Branchlets densely white-hispid. Stipules erect, subulate, 1.5–2 mm long. Phyllodes 15–20 per whorl, slender, ± straight, 5–10 mm long, hispid; lower phyllodes erect; upper phyllodes spreading to gently recurved; mucro 2–4 mm long, ± incurved and commonly with viscid droplets. Peduncles 1.5–3 cm long, hispid. Heads 40–50-flowered. Flowers with calyx c. 0.8 mm long, glabrous; calyx lobes subulate, short; corolla 2–2.3 mm long, ± striate, hispid in upper half. Pods sessile, 2–3.5 cm long, 5–6 mm wide, glabrous. Seeds 3–10 per pod, longitudinal, c. 4 mm long; pleurogram closed; aril large.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 2.0
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Flower color
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
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Environment

Grows on sandstone and granite hillsides in Eucalyptus brevifolia woodland.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-11

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 21
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 26
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment soaking
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Productivity -

Distribution

Acacia anasilla world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1010662-1
WFO ID wfo-0000203145
COL ID 8NRV
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Acacia anasilla Racosperma anasillum