Acacia malloclada Maiden & Blakely

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Acacia

Characteristics

Slender shrub. Branchlets angular, moderately to densely pubescent-villous. Phyllodes narrowly oblong-elliptic to linear, flat, straight or slightly falcate, (3–) 4–6 cm long, 2–4 mm wide, with straight or oblique mucro c. 1 mm long, stiff, with numerous stomata, sparsely to moderately pubescent; nerves 6-10, ±parallel, longitudinal, ±equally prominent, 3–6 per mm, not anastomosing; gland small with an oblong, or elliptic or slit-like orifice, just above pulvinus, rarely a second gland below the mucro; pulvinus densely pubescent. Spikes ?7–12 mm long. Flowers 5-merous; calyx cupular, c. 0.8 mm long, dissected to c. ⅓, ciliolate; corolla nearly glabrous, about twice length of calyx; ovary hirsute. Pods not seen.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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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 malloclada world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:470837-1
WFO ID wfo-0000202641
COL ID 8PM5
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Acacia malloclada Racosperma mallocladum