Acacia armitii F.Muell. ex Maiden

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Acacia

Characteristics

Shrub or slender tree to 7.5 m high. Branchlets prominently angled, fawn or yellowish, glabrous, resinous. Phyllodes ±erect, very narrowly elliptic to almost linear, flat, straight or very slightly incurved,  (5–) 9–17 cm long, (4–) 6–­17 mm wide, thinly coriaceous to coriaceous, yellow-green, ciliolate to ± glabrous, resinous; main veins yellowish, with prominent midvein and 1 subprominent vein either side, with 6–10 minor parallel rarely anastomosing veins per mm; gland basal, ± elliptic, c. 1 mm long. Peduncles glabrous or rarely subglabrous. Spikes solitary, axillary, yellow; receptacle with dense short patent hairs. Flowers 5-merous; calyx 0.6–0.8 mm long; sepals free, 0.05–0.1 mm wide, with rounded apices, pubescent; corolla 1.2–1.6 mm long, dissected to ⅖ of length, with lower half pubescent especially on midrib; ovary pubescent. Pods erect, linear, straight-sided or very slightly constricted between seeds, undulate, straight, 2.7–5.5 cm long, 2.5–4.7 mm wide, yellowish brown, sparsely pubescent especially along margins, very resinous when young; margins ±prominent. Seeds 5–10, slightly oblique or longitudinal, broadly oblong to broadly elliptic, depressed dorsiventrally, 2–3.2 mm long, blackish brown; areole slightly paler, closed, with pale halo around pleurogram; funicle folded 2 or 3 times, cream-coloured.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 7.5
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
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Environment

Locally common in sandy or shallow, rocky soils, on creek banks and river flats.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 21
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 26
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Germination treatment soaking
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Distribution

Acacia armitii world distribution map, present in Australia

Conservation status

Acacia armitii threat status: Near Threatened

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:54107-3
WFO ID wfo-0000202634
COL ID 64BVX
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Acacia armitii Racosperma armitii