Acacia loxophylla Benth.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Acacia

Characteristics

Densely branched shrub 0.3–0.9 m high. Branchlets glabrous or sparsely appressed-puberulous, often resinous. Phyllodes oblique, widely elliptic to elliptic or oblong-elliptic, 3–8 mm long, 2–5 mm wide, sometimes with rostriform apex, glabrous, often resinous, 2–4-veined per face; nerves sometimes mealy; secondary veins obscure but sometimes seen to be sparingly anastomosing; gland 0.5–1 mm above pulvinus. Inflorescences 1-(or 2-) headed reduced racemes with axes 1–3 mm long; peduncles 2–3 mm long, densely appressed-puberulous with pale yellow or silvery hairs; heads globular, 4–5 mm diam., 20–39-flowered. Flowers 5-merous; sepals nearly free to ½-united. Pods (immature) linear, curved, white-hairy. Seeds not seen.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
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Mature height (meter) 0.3 - 0.9
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
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Environment

Grows in loam soils.
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Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
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Cultivation

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

Acacia loxophylla world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:470793-1
WFO ID wfo-0000202180
COL ID 8PL2
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Acacia loxophylla Racosperma loxophyllum Acacia loxophylla var. nervosa