Acacia sertiformis A.Cunn.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Acacia

Characteristics

Open sparsely branched shrub to 2 m high; branches arching downwards. Branchlets pruinose, sparsely or occasionally moderately hairy, rarely glabrous. Phyllodes widely spreading and rotated (20º–) 45º–90º from plane of branchlet, frequently convex, normally broadly elliptic to orbicular, (10–) 15–20 (–25) mm long, (9–) 10–16 (–20) mm wide, l: w = (0.9–) 1.2 (–1.5), dull, grey-green and usually glaucous, usually glabrous except for hairs on pulvinus, margin and midrib, sometimes sparsely hairy on lamina; base asymmetrical and obliquely truncate or cordate; margin undulate; apex obtuse and obliquely uncinate at apex; gland mostly 0–3 mm above pulvinus. Inflorescences with normally patent peduncles, (8–) 12–16 (–20) mm long, sparsely pilose, occasionally glabrous; heads 9–10 (–11) mm diam., (25–) 30–60 (–75)-flowered, yellow to deep yellow. Corolla normally glabrous. Pods broadly oblong, straight or curved, 30–70 mm long, 12–17 mm wide, firmly coriaceous, normally pruinose; margin flat to undulate.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 2.0
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Usually in Eucalyptus and Callitris woodlands on stony sandy loam 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 sertiformis unspecified picture

Distribution

Acacia sertiformis world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:471452-1
WFO ID wfo-0000201340
COL ID 8Q2J
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Acacia sertiformis Racosperma sertiforme Acacia undulifolia var. sertiformis