Acacia tabula Molyneux & Forrester

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Acacia

Characteristics

Erect shrub 0.25–0.5 m high, readily suckering. Branchlets not pruinose, glabrous. Phyllodes inaequilaterally narrowly oblong-elliptic, 6–17 mm long, 0.8–2.5 (–4.2) mm wide, acute to sub-acute, excentrically mucronate, thin-textured, grey-green, glabrous; midrib not prominent, lateral veins obscure or absent; gland 1.5–4.5 (–6.5) mm above pulvinus. Inflorescences (5–) 8–10-headed racemes; raceme axes (5–) 8–10 (–12) mm long; peduncles 1.5–3 mm long, glabrous; heads globular, 3–4 mm diam. (dry), 5–8-flowered, golden. Flowers 5-merous; sepals united. Pods and seeds not seen.
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Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.25 - 0.5
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Environment

Grows in dry woodland and heathland on high rocky ground in shallow soils derived from sediments.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-11

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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 tabula world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77088064-1
WFO ID wfo-0000508260
COL ID 8Q5K
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Acacia tabula