WorldFloraDB - Acacia brownii

Characteristics

Closely related to A. ulicifolia but distinguished in the following ways: Sprawling commonly semi-prostrate shrub less than 1 m high. Branchlets glabrous or sparsely hirsutellous. Stipules frequently caducous, usually less than 1 mm long. Phyllodes often distant, linear, slender, quadrangular-terete to flat with a pronounced midrib, 8-25 mm long, neither broadening nor with a gland-angle at base. Flower-heads bright golden to deep golden.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

shrub

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

evergreen

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

-

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

-

Mature height (meter)

1.0

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

-

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

-

Fruiting months

-

Nitrogen fixer

rhizobia

Photosynthetic pathway

c3

Environment

Grows in sand, in heath or dry sclerophyll woodland or open forest.

Light	-
Soil humidity	-
Soil texture	-
Soil acidity	-
Soil nutriment	-
Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

Uses	essential oil gum hedge medicinal tanning
Edible	-
Therapeutic use	-
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Mode	-
Germination duration (days)	21
Germination temperacture (C°)	21 - 26
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	soaking
Minimum temperature (C°)	-
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-

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Distribution

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:469884-1
WFO ID	wfo-0000201691
COL ID	8NWN
BDTFX ID	-
INPN ID	-
Wikipedia (EN)	Link
Wikipedia (FR)	Link

Synonyms

Mimosa brownei Acacia brownii Acacia brownei Acacia acicularis Acacia pugioniformis Racosperma brownei Acacia arceuthos Acacia juniperina var. brownei Acacia ulicifolia var. brownei

WorldFloraDB 2024

Acacia brownii (Poir.) Steud.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Acacia