Acacia tayloriana F.Muell.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Acacia

Characteristics

Prostrate shrub. Branchlets shortly pilose or shortly pilose and hirsutellous admixed. Stipules oblong to elliptic. Pinnae 1–3 pairs, 10–20 mm long; petiole 6–17 mm long; rachis 7–17 mm long; pinnules 3–5 pairs, narrowly oblong to elliptic or narrowly elliptic, 5–11 mm long, 3–5 mm wide, apiculate, green, hirsute on margins and below with tubercule-based hairs, with prominent midrib, with 2 or 3 additional minor longitudinal veins, reticulate; gland on petiole, absent from rachis, sessile. Inflorescences simple, 1 per axil; peduncles 25–50 mm long, sparsely pilose-hirsute to hirsutellous; heads globular, c. 20-flowered, creamy white. Flowers 5-merous; sepals c. 2/3-united. Pods 1–3 cm long, 6–8 mm wide, reticulate, glabrous or subglabrous. Seeds (few seen) transverse to longitudinal, c. 3.5 mm long; aril narrowly clavate, ± as long as seed.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Environment

Grows in gravel and sand in Jarrah (Eucalyptus marginata) forest.
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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 tayloriana world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:471624-1
WFO ID wfo-0000203263
COL ID 8Q5R
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Synonyms

Racosperma taylorianum Acacia tayloriana