Acacia chrysopoda Maiden & Blakely

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Acacia

Characteristics

Compact densely branching shrub 0.3–1 m tall. Branchlets pubescent to villous; hairs golden or white on young growth. Phyllodes crowded at ends of branchlets, on short stem-projections, ascending, linear to linear-oblanceolate, mostly 1–2 cm long, 1–2 mm wide, excentrically mucronulate to rostriform, grey-green, pubescent to minutely villous, ±glabrescent, with 1–3 ±indistinct main longitudinal nerves and few secondary nerves. Inflorescences simple, 1 or 2 per axil; peduncles mostly 7–10 mm long, puberulous to villous with golden or white hairs; basal bract persistent; heads globular, 5–6 mm diam., mostly 30–45-flowered, light golden. Flowers 5-merous; sepals free or shortly united at base. Pods linear to narrowly oblong, ±curved, undulate, 2–3.5 cm long, 3–4 mm wide, thinly coriaceous, villous. Seeds not seen.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.3 - 1.0
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
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Environment

Grows in sand or loam in Eucalyptus woodland.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-11

Usage

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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 chrysopoda world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:469984-1
WFO ID wfo-0000202171
COL ID 8NZ8
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Racosperma chrysopodum Acacia chrysopoda