Acacia grisea S.Moore

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Acacia

Characteristics

Subshrub to 0.4 m high. Branchlets puberulous to hirsutellous. Pinnae 2 pairs, 2-4 mm long (proximal pinnae), 5-10 mm long (distal pinnae); rachis 1-3 mm long; pinnules 2 or 3 pairs (proximal pinnae), 4-7 pairs (distal pinnae), ±oblong, 2-4 mm long, 1-2 mm wide, obtuse, slightly thickened, grey-green, finely puberulous with straight to incurved and ±antrorse hairs; gland on rachis at base of pinnae, sessile. Inflorescences simple, 1 per axil; peduncles 10-20 mm long, glabrous; heads globular, 16-26-flowered, seemingly golden. Flowers 5-merous; sepals 5/6-united; petals 1-nerved. Pods 2-4 cm long, 5 mm wide, pilose. Seeds transverse to oblique, oblong to elliptic, 2.5-3 mm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.4
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Grows in gravelly loam.
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Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 21
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 26
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment soaking
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Distribution

Acacia grisea world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:470462-1
WFO ID wfo-0000203207
COL ID 8PC4
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Acacia grisea Racosperma griseum