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Acacias of Australia

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Acacia barbinervis Benth. subsp. barbinervis

Family

Fabaceae

Distribution

Occurs in the Darling Ra. from near Bindoon and Toodyay S to Waroona, south-western W.A.

Description

Branchlet apices acutely angled. Stipules inclined to ascending, mostly shallowly recurved. Phyllodes inclined to ascending, shallowly recurved, a few straight, flat with a nerve-like upper margin; cusp 1–2 mm long; midrib near lower margin; gland normally absent; pulvinus ± absent. Flower-heads golden. Flower buds apiculate. Calyx dissected for c. 1/4 its length, with lobes broadly triangular.

Habitat

Grows in lateritic soil in Jarrah–Marri woodland and forest.

Specimens

W.A.: Waroona, [F.L.E.]Diels & [E.G.]Pritzel 154 (PERTH); E of Bullsbrook East, B.R.Maslin 4801 (CANB, K, PERTH); Julimar Rd, Toodyay, 5 Jan. 1992, P.A.Phillips (PERTH); prope cataractam ad caput fluvii Cygnorum [Susannah Brook], L.Preiss 988 (C, CGE—sphalm. ‘847’, FI, G, GOET, HBG, K, L, LUND, M, MO, NAP, NY, P, RO, STR, TCD—sphalm. ‘847’).

FOA Reference

Data derived from Flora of Australia Volumes 11A (2001), 11B (2001) and 12 (1998), products of ABRS, ©Commonwealth of Australia

Author

B.R.Maslin