Acacia mitchellii Benth.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Acacia

Characteristics

Shrub 0.5–2 m high. Bark smooth. Branchlets ±terete, obscurely to moderately ridged, slightly resinous, pubescent. Young foliage-tips fawn. Leaves pale green, ±eglandular, subsessile with basal pinnae arising immediately above or near pulvinus; rachis 0.1–1.5 (–3) cm long, terete or furrowed above, with short and long hairs; pinnae 1–5 (–6) pairs, to 0.2–1.2 cm long; pinnules 2–7 pairs, narrowly oblong to oblong, obovate or sometimes elliptic, 2–5 (–7) mm long, 1–1.7 (–2.5) mm wide, 1-nerved, glabrous, obtuse and apiculate. Inflorescences simple, 1–3 in leaf-axils, sometimes falsely racemose at ends of branchlets; peduncles 7–20 mm long, sparsely hairy to glabrous. Heads globular, 30–45-flowered, pale yellow to ±white. Pods sometimes slightly constricted between a few seeds, straight to strongly curved, 1.5–8 cm long, 4–8 mm wide, firmly chartaceous, brown, grey-brown to blackish, glabrous.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.5 - 2.0
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Grows in open forest, woodland and open scrub-heath or in swampy areas, in gravelly or sandy soils.
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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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Images

Acacia mitchellii unspecified picture

Distribution

Acacia mitchellii world distribution map, present in Australia

Conservation status

Acacia mitchellii threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:470914-1
WFO ID wfo-0000201039
COL ID 8PP2
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Acacia mitchellii Racosperma mitchellii