Acacia inceana Domin subsp. inceana
Acacia inceana Domin subsp. inceana
Fabaceae
Occurs N and E of Kalgoorlie within a 35 km radius, excluding one specimen from Binneringie Stn, c. 100 km due SE of Kalgoorlie, W.A.
Phyllodes terete, 4–8.5 cm long, glabrous; tip straight or curved, pungent to coarsely pungent. Peduncles 3–5 mm long; flower-heads 20–30-flowered; sepals narrowly oblong. Pods c. 8.5 cm long, tan; seeds not seen.
Grows in red soil with scattered eucalypts and in low semi-dense shrub associations, rarely in saline habitats.
W.A.: Binneringie Stn, J.S.Beard 6273 (NSW, PERTH); N side of Arrow Lake, 26 km N of Kalgoorlie on road to Comet Vale, B.R.Maslin 4846 (PERTH); Bulong, 32 km E of Kalgoorlie, B.Severne 8744 (PERTH).
Differs from subspecies conformis and latifolia by phyllode shape, habitat preference, distribution and pod colour.
Data derived from Flora of Australia Volumes 11A (2001), 11B (2001) and 12 (1998), products of ABRS, ©Commonwealth of Australia
R.S.Cowan, B.R.Maslin
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