Acacia horridula Meisn.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Acacia

Characteristics

Shrub to c. 0.6 m tall. Branchlets normally red-brown to light brown, puberulous with antrorse to ±patent hairs. Stipules setaceous to narrowly triangular, 2.5–4 mm long. Phyllodes often crowded, patent, narrowly semi-trullate with a prominent gland-angle on adaxial margin near base, 6–8 mm long, 1.5–2.5 mm wide, acuminate, pungent, with slender, c. 1 mm long cusp, rigid, green, glabrous; midrib prominent, central; lateral nerves absent. Inflorescences simple, 1 per axil; peduncles 5–10 mm long, puberulous; heads globular, 4-flowered, pale yellow. Flowers 4-merous; sepals united. Pods terete, narrowed at both ends, curved, to 7.5 cm long and 3.5 mm wide, red-brown, striate, subglabrous. Seeds longitudinal, oblong, 4–5 mm long; aril terminal, conical.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.6
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
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Environment

In the Darling Range it grows on rocky hillsides 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 horridula world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:470548-1
WFO ID wfo-0001054035
COL ID 8PDW
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Acacia horridula Racosperma horridulum