Acacia latipes Benth. subsp. latipes
WATTLE
Acacias of Australia
Family
Fabaceae
Distribution
Occurs from Hamelin to Quairading with scattered populations from near Lake King to E of Scaddan, W.A.
Description
Phyllodes narrowly oblong-elliptic, elliptic, widely elliptic, subtriangular, linear or subulate, straight to very shallowly recurved, (0.7–) 1–2.5 (–4) cm long, 1.5–4 (–7) mm wide, mostly 3.5–8 times as long as wide, often glaucous or subglaucous.
Habitat
Grows in sand, sandy loam, loam and lateritic soil, in heath, scrub, shrubland and woodland.
Specimens
W.A.: Jarrahdale, Feb. 1968, R.J.Edmiston (PERTH); 7.5 km S of Pithara towards Wongan Hills, B.R.Maslin 3373 (PERTH); c. 6 km W of Overlander–Denham road towards Tamala, B.R.Maslin 3684 (AD, B, BM, BRI, CANB, G, K, MEL, MO, NSW, NY, PERTH, W); Kundip area, 17.5 km S of Ravensthorpe, B.R.Maslin 4782 (K, PERTH); c. 77 km due NE of Esperance, Parmango Rd, 16.5 km NE of Fisheries Rd, B.R.Maslin 5833 (PERTH).
Notes
Differing from subsp. licina in having relatively broader phyllodes that are often glaucous.
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
Minor edits by B.R.Maslin & J.Reid
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