Acacia sessilispica Maiden & Blakely

Species

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Characteristics

Shrub 0.8-2.5 m high, spreading, rounded. Branchlets slightly angular, glabrous, sometimes resinous. Phyllodes ascending to erect, slightly incurved, terete to slightly compressed, 5-11.5 cm long, 1-1.3 mm diam., acuminate, coarsely pungent with straight to subuncinate tip, ±rigid, glabrous, with 8 closely parallel nerves separated by deep furrows as wide as or wider than nerve-width. Inflorescences simple; spikes sessile, often tapering towards apex when in bud, 10-28 mm long, 3-5 mm diam., densely flowered, pale golden to dark golden; receptacle glabrous; bracteoles peltate. Flowers 4-merous; sepals free or rarely joined basally. Pods deflexed, linear, strongly and sharply raised over but not usually constricted between seeds, straight, to 7 cm long, usually 3-4.5 mm wide, ±chartaceous, longitudinally ±wrinkled, glabrous. Seeds longitudinal, broadly elliptic to oblong-elliptic, depressed laterally, 3-4 mm long, smooth, glossy, black; aril apical.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.8 - 2.5
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Environment

Grows in granitic loam and sand, often near granite outcrops, mostly in shrubland and mallee communities.
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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 sessilispica unspecified picture

Distribution

Acacia sessilispica world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:471456-1
WFO ID wfo-0000202993
COL ID 8Q2L
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Racosperma sessilispicum Acacia aciphylla var. leptostachys Acacia sessilispica