Acacia subracemosa Maslin

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Acacia

Characteristics

Shrub 2-5 m high. Branchlets puberulous; hairs normally tubercule-based. Pinnae 3-6 pairs, 2-6 mm long (proximal pinnae) otherwise 15-50 mm long; petiole c. 1 mm long; rachis 15-55 mm long; pinnules 2 or 3 pairs (proximal pinnae) otherwise 7-13 pairs, ±oblong, ±sessile and obliquely truncate at base, 3-6 mm long, 1.5-3 mm wide, slightly recurved, green, ±scabridulous; gland on rachis between the two lowermost pairs of pinnae, ±subsessile, bowl-shaped. Inflorescences rudimentary 2-4 headed racemes with axes > 1 mm long, normally 1 per axil; peduncles 7-17 mm long, puberulous; heads globular, 15-20-flowered, creamy white to very pale yellow. Flowers 5-merous; sepals 3/4-5/6-united. Pods to 4 cm long, 4-6 mm wide, coriaceous-crustaceous, shortly pilose. Seeds transverse to oblique (a few longitudinal), oblong to elliptic, 2-2.5 mm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 2.0 - 5.0
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Grows in sand over limestone in Karri (Eucalyptus diversicolor ) forest.
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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 subracemosa world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:471587-1
WFO ID wfo-0000203174
COL ID 8Q4Z
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Acacia subracemosa Racosperma subracemosum