Acacia eremophila var. variabilis Maiden & Blakely
WATTLE
Acacias of Australia
Family
Fabaceae
Distribution
Known only from Kalannie, Comet Vale (c. 85 km due NNW of Kalgoorlie), Zanthus (c. 160 km N of Balladonia) and Balladonia, W.A.
Description
Shrub normally 1–1.6 m high. Phyllodes 5–11 cm long, 1–1.5 mm diam. Peduncles 2 mm long, sparsely to densely tomentulose or appressed-puberulous, resin-hairs rarely present; heads 20–25-flowered. Pods constricted between seeds, undulate, to 5 cm long, 1.5–3 mm wide, tomentulose or appressed-puberulous. Seeds oblong-ovate.
Habitat
Probably grows in sand or sandy loam in low woodland or shrubland.
Specimens
W.A.: between Balladonia and Norseman, 20.3 km E of turnoff to Newman Rocks, R.J.Chinnock 3002 (PERTH); 34.4 km W of Balladonia on Eyre Hwy, M.H.Simmons 1162 (PERTH); 5 km E of Zanthus, P.G.Wilson 7623 (PERTH).
Notes
The most obvious characters separating var. variabilis, aside from geography, are the flexuose form of its pods and the longer phyllodes.
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
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