Acacia bracteolata Maslin

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Acacia

Characteristics

Spreading shrub to 0.6 m tall. Branchlets villous to tomentulose. Stipules 3–4 mm long, scarious. Phyllodes asymmetrically narrowly elliptic to oblanceolate, (13–) 15–25 (–30) mm long, (4–) 5–10 mm wide, obtuse, with ±excentric normally slightly pungent mucro, coriaceous, ±appressed-puberulous (at least when young); midrib inconspicuous; lateral nerves indistinct; gland inconspicuous, 2.5–5 mm above pulvinus. Inflorescences rudimentary, normally 2‑headed racemes with axes less than 0.5 mm long, sometimes growing out following anthesis; peduncles 4–6 (–9) mm long, hairy, commonly recurved in fruit; basal bract 2–3 mm long; heads globular to slightly obloid, 4.5–5.5 mm diam., 19–25-flowered, lemon yellow; bracteoles acuminate, brown, exserted in buds. Flowers 4-merous; sepals ⅔–¾-united. Pods arcuate, to 6 cm long, 5–7 mm wide, firmly chartaceous, minutely subvelvety. Seeds longitudinal, oblong-elliptic, c. 4 mm long, dull, black; aril sublateral, clavate, cream.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.6
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
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Environment

Grows in sand over clay or calcareous (infrequently granitic) loam, in mallee woodland or shrubland, sometimes near salt lakes.
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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 bracteolata world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1008236-1
WFO ID wfo-0000202013
COL ID 64BX5
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Acacia bracteolata Racosperma bracteolatum