Acacia gnidium Benth.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Acacia

Characteristics

Dense spreading fragrant shrub to 4 m tall, glabrous, somewhat resinous. Branchlets somewhat angular at extremities. Phyllodes ascending to erect, narrowly linear, straight to shallowly incurved, flat, 3–5 cm long, 1–2 mm wide, l:w ratio = 20–50, excentrically mucronulate with a ±thickened mucro, green; midrib neither prominent nor raised; lateral nerves ±absent; gland obscure, 1–7 mm above pulvinus, and another at base of mucro. Inflorescences simple, 1 per axil; peduncles 5–12 mm long, ebracteate at base; heads globular, 15–25-flowered, golden. Flowers mostly 5-merous; sepals united. Pods narrowly oblong, slightly rounded over seeds and barely constricted between them, to 6 cm long, 5–6 mm wide, chartaceous, obscurely reticulate. Seeds (very immature) longitudinal.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 4.0
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Grows in rugged sandstone country.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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 gnidium world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:470428-1
WFO ID wfo-0000201641
COL ID 8PB9
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Acacia gnidium Racosperma gnidium