Acacia pinguifolia J.M.Black

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Acacia

Characteristics

Dense spreading shrub 1–2 m high. Branchlets red-brown, glabrous. Phyllodes terete or (especially when dry) ±flat and linear, straight to shallowly incurved, 1–4.5 cm long, 2–3 mm wide, narrowed at base, mucronulate, thick and fleshy, pale green, glabrous, with 10–15 fine distant veins obscured by surface wrinkling when dry. Inflorescences simple or sometimes rudimentary 1–3-headed racemes with axes to c. 1 mm long; peduncles mostly 4–10 mm long, glabrous; basal bract persistent, c. 0.5 mm long; heads globular, 3–4 mm diam., 18-20-flowered, golden. Flowers 5-merous; sepals free, spathulate. Pods linear, irregularly constricted between and raised over seeds, curved becoming twisted, to 7 cm long, ±5 mm wide, glabrous. Seeds longitudinal, oblong-elliptic, c. 4.5 mm long, glossy, brown; funicle/aril folded, fleshy.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.0 - 2.0
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Grows mainly in sandy or hard alkaline duplex soil, with Eucalyptus odorata and E. incrassata in open woodland or open scrub.
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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 pinguifolia world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:471153-1
WFO ID wfo-0000202133
COL ID 64BQ5
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Acacia pinguifolia Racosperma pinguifolium