Acacia eremophila
| Acacia eremophila | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Caesalpinioideae |
| Clade: | Mimosoid clade |
| Genus: | Acacia |
| Species: | A. eremophila
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| Binomial name | |
| Acacia eremophila | |
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| Occurrence data from AVH | |
Acacia eremophila is a shrub of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Plurinerves that is native to Western Australia.
Description
[edit]The dense shrub typically grows to a height of 0.4 to 2 metres (1 to 7 ft) and has a rounded habit.[1] The straight and erect phyllodes are patent to erect. The phyllodes are 2 to 11 centimetres (0.8 to 4.3 in) in length with a diameter of 0.6 to 1.5 millimetres (0.02 to 0.06 in).[2]
It blooms from July to October[1] producing simple inflorescences with globular heads with a diameter of 3 to 4 mm (0.12 to 0.16 in) containing 10 to 25 yellow flowers.[2]
After flowering linear seed pods that are raised over and constricted between each seed that are 2 to 5 cm (0.8 to 2.0 in) in length and 1.5 to 3 mm (0.06 to 0.12 in) wide. The dark brown seeds with an elliptic to oblong-ovate shape.[2]
Taxonomy
[edit]The species was first formally described by the botanist William Vincent Fitzgerald in 1912 is the work New West Australian Plants published in the Journal of Botany, British and Foreign.[3]
There are two varieties:
- Acacia eremophila var. eremophila
- Acacia eremophila var. variabilis
A. eremophila closely resembles Acacia densiflora.[2]
Distribution
[edit]It is native to an area in the Wheatbelt and the Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Acacia eremophila". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ a b c d "Acacia eremophila". World Wide Wattle. Western Australian Herbarium. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
- ^ "Acacia eremophila W.Fitzg". Atlas of Living Australia. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 18 August 2018.