Acacia cyperophylla var. omearana Maslin
WATTLE
Acacias of Australia
Common Name
O’Meara’s Minni Ritchi, Weeping Red Mulga, Omeara’s Red Mulga
Family
Fabaceae
Distribution
Known from very few populations in the eastern Pilbara, N of the Hamersley Ra., W.A.
Description
Branchlets and non-rigid phyllodes pendulous, terete to subterete, a few almost flat; pods 4–13 cm long, 7–9 mm wide.
Habitat
Grows along drainage lines in stony, skeletal sandy alluvium, in open low woodland of Eucalyptus camaldulensis.
Specimens
W.A.: type locality, L.Thomson LXT1151 (PERTH); loc. id., P.G.Wilson 992 & R.Rowe (BRI, CANB, MO, NSW, PERTH).
Notes
Variety omearana is a shapely, attractive tree which is increasingly used as an ornamental in inland areas on account of its ‘Minni Ritchi’ bark and its pendulous foliage.
FOA Reference
Data derived from Flora of Australia Volumes 11A (2001), 11B (2001) and 12 (1998), products of ABRS, ©Commonwealth of Australia
Author
Dr M.D.Tindale and Dr P.G.Kodela with the assistance of M.Bedward, S.J.Davies, C.Herscovitch, D.A.Keith and/or D.A.Morrison
Minor edits by B.R.Maslin & J.Reid
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