Acacia pelophila R.S.Cowan & Maslin

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Acacia

Characteristics

Dense rounded spreading shrub 1-2 m high. New growth resinous. Branchlets ±angled when young, soon terete, glabrous. Phyllodes ascending to erect, linear-oblanceolate, straight to shallowly incurved, 3.5-7.5 cm long, 3-6 mm wide, obtuse and apiculate, coriaceous, glabrous, with 6-10 distant impressed nerves per face. Inflorescences simple, 2 per axil; peduncles 5-10 mm long, glabrous or subglabrous; heads subglobular to obloid, 5.5-6 mm long, 4.5 mm diam., 33-45-flowered, golden. Flowers 5-merous; sepals free. Pods linear to submoniliform, straight to slightly curved, to 5 cm long, 1.5 mm wide, firmly chartaceous to thinly coriaceous, appressed-puberulous, resinous. Seeds longitudinal, oblong-elliptic, 3 mm long, semi-glossy, black; aril apical.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.0 - 2.0
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
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Environment

Grows in clay, sometimes along saline creeklines, in mixed scrub and shrubland.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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

Acacia pelophila world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1008294-1
WFO ID wfo-0000202185
COL ID 8PTB
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Acacia pelophila Racosperma pelophilum