Acacia glaucocaesia Domin

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Acacia

Characteristics

Glabrous shrub or tree normally 2–3 m high, sometimes to 7 m. Branchlets pruinose. Stipules presumably spinose on young plants, represented by minute tooth-like projections at mature nodes. Phyllodes commonly elliptic to narrowly elliptic or lanceolate, 1.5–2.5 cm long, 7–13 mm wide, l: w ratio = 1.5–3, thin, rounded-obtuse, glaucous, rarely green except on new shoots, with midrib not prominent, finely penniveined; gland basal, not prominent, c. 0.5 mm long. Inflorescences racemose (with axes 1–6 cm long) as in A. victoriae, some simple as in A. synchronicia; peduncles mostly twinned, 7–10 mm long, slender, with caducous bract above middle; heads prolific, globular, 35–50-flowered, pale yellow. Flowers 5-merous; sepals free. Pods narrowly oblong, to 4 cm long, 12–13 mm wide, chartaceous, pruinose. Seeds transverse, oblong to ovate, 4.5–5 mm long, slightly shiny, brown to black; funicle thick, scarcely arillate.
More
A dense shrub or tree. It grows 1.8-6 m high. The flowers are pale yellow.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.9 - 4.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 1.5
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows on red loam, sands, clays and floodplains. It grows in the Pilbara in Western Australia.
More
Grows in sandy loam on flood plains and commonly forms almost monospecific stands.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses -
Edible gums seeds
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°) 14 - 30
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Acacia glaucocaesia world distribution map, present in Australia

Conservation status

Acacia glaucocaesia threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:470417-1
WFO ID wfo-0000201437
COL ID 8PB3
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Acacia glaucocaesia Acacia glabriflora Racosperma glaucocaesium