Acacia dissona R.S.Cowan & Maslin var. dissona
Acacia dissona R.S.Cowan & Maslin var. dissona
Fabaceae
Disjunct, occurring from Merredin–Southern Cross S to near Ongerup with outliers in the Coorow–Wanarra area (c. 250 km due NW of Merredin) and the Norseman area (c. 350 km due NE of Ongerup).
Phyllodes subterete, 2–4 cm long, contracted to ±sharply pungent apex; nerves and internerve spaces often uniform in colour; stomata sometimes tuberculate. Pods distinctly constricted between the seeds, sparingly appressed-puberulous. Seeds 4.5 mm long; aril long-conical.
Grows in a variety of soils, often clay, in eucalypt woodland and mallee.
W.A.: 21.6 km ENE of Merredin, R.Coveny 8340 & B.Habersley (NSW, PERTH); 5 km SE of Coorow, A.Doley 4 (PERTH); Norseman, J.Goodwin 271 (PERTH); c. 4 km S of Karlgarin on Pederah Rd, B.R.Maslin 6738 (PERTH).
Data derived from Flora of Australia Volumes 11A (2001), 11B (2001) and 12 (1998), products of ABRS, ©Commonwealth of Australia
R.S.Cowan
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