Acacia imparilis Maslin

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Acacia

Characteristics

Erect or sprawling subshrub 0.2–0.7 m tall. Stems slender and pubescent. Stipules linear to linear-triangular, 2–4 mm long. Phyllodes ascending to erect, inequilaterally narrowly oblong, oblong-elliptic, obovate or oblanceolate, mostly shallowly sigmoid, 6–16 mm long, 2–4.5 mm wide, subuncinate at the rostellate or obliquely narrowed apex, pungent, green, with indumentum as on branchlets except sometimes sparser, 1-nerved. Inflorescences simple, 1 per axil; peduncles 7–10 mm long, slender, glabrous; heads globular, 12–15-flowered, cream to pale yellow. Flowers 4-merous; sepals free; petals nerveless. Pods (immature) linear, shallowly curved, ±flat, to 5 cm long, 2.5 mm wide, red-brown, longitudinally nerved, strigulose. Seeds (immature) longitudinal, oblong, c. 5 mm long; aril terminal, conical.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.2 - 0.7
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
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Environment

Grows on rocky hills in open or closed mallee scrub.
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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 imparilis world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1008254-1
WFO ID wfo-0000201841
COL ID 64BZV
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Acacia imparilis Racosperma imparile