Acacia stenoptera
| Narrow winged wattle | |
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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. stenoptera
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| Binomial name | |
| Acacia stenoptera | |
| Synonyms | |
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Racosperma stenopterum (Benth.) Pedley | |
Acacia stenoptera, commonly known as narrow-winged wattle, is a species of wattle that is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia.
Description
It is a rigid and prickly shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.2 to 0.7 metres (0.7 to 2.3 ft)[2] but can reach as high as 2 m (7 ft). It can have a scrambling, sprawling or tangled erect habit.[2] The shrub has ridged stems and curving spine-tipped phyllodes that form continuous wings along the stem.[3] It produces globular, cream or yellow flowerheads between March to December in the species native range.[1][2] After flowering it will produce quadrangular seed pods that are 3 to 7 centimetres (1.2 to 2.8 in) long with prominent ridges.[3]
Taxonomy
The species was first formally described by the botanist George Bentham in 1842 as part of William Jackson Hooker work Notes on Mimoseae, with a synopsis of species as published in the London Journal of Botany.
The species was reclassified as Racosperma stenopterum in 2003 by Leslie Pedley then transferred back to the Acacia genus in 2006.[4]
Distribution
The shrub is found from the Mid West, Wheatbelt, Peel, South West and Great Southern regions of Western Australia where it is found in a variety of habitats growing in sandy soils often around laterite.[2]
References
- ^ a b "Acacia stenoptera Benth". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
- ^ a b c d "Acacia stenoptera Benth". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ a b Margaret G. Corrick, Bruce Alexander Fuhrer (2009). Wildflowers of Southern Western Australia. Rosenburg Publishing. ISBN 9781877058844.
- ^ "Acacia stenoptera Benth". Atlas of Living Australia. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
External links
- World wide wattle: Acacia stenoptera. Accessed 29 May 2018.
