WATTLE

Acacias of Australia

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Acacia deltoidea subsp. ampla R.S.Cowan & Maslin

Family

Fabaceae

Distribution

Known from two localities in the Admiralty Gulf area, W.A.

Description

Phyllodes inequilaterally elliptic to elliptic-ovate or triangular, broadest at or below middle, 10–20 mm long, 5–7 mm wide, acute, mucronate, scarcely pungent, thinly coriaceous. Peduncles 18–25 mm long, glandular-puberulous, normally with narrowly lanceolate bract above middle; bracteoles not exserted in buds.

Habitat

Grows in woodland on sandstone.

Specimens

W.A.: base of Bougainville Peninsula on E shore of Admiralty Gulf, P.A.Fryxell et al. 4782 (BRI, CANB, PERTH).

Notes

The differences separating subsp. ampla from the typical subspecies are mostly quantitative but they combine to produce a quite different-appearing plant.

FOA Reference

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

Author

R.S.Cowan