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Acacias of Australia

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Acacia leiocalyx (Domin) Pedley subsp. leiocalyx

Family

Fabaceae

Distribution

Widespread in Qld where it extends from S of Mackay (inland to about 146°E) to north-eastern N.S.W.; also the Sydney and Narrabri districts in N.S.W.

Description

Phyllodes 7–12 (–18) cm long, (10–) 12–25 (–35) mm wide, 4–9 times as long as wide.

Phenology

Flowers mid-Apr.–July in coastal Qld; late Apr.–Aug. in inland Qld; (May–) June–Sept. in N.S.W.

Habitat

Grows in eucalypt forest, woodland and heaths, in sandy or clayey soils.

Specimens

Qld: on Ban Ban Springs–Gayndah road, 72 km by road from Biggenden towards Gayndah, S.J.Davies 59 & J.M.Powell (AD, K, MEL, NSW, PERTH); 4 miles [6.4 km] WNW of Chinchilla, M.D.Tindale 716 (AD, CANB, K, NSW). N.S.W.: 3.7 km S of Corindi, R.G.Coveny 4261 & J.Armstrong (A, AD, BRI, CANB, G, L, MEL, NSW, TNS, UC, US); 2.4 km SE of Kempsey, K.Thurtell & R.G.Coveny 3835 (A, AD, CANB, CHR, K, L, LE, MEL, PERTH, RSA, U, US).

Notes

Subspecies leiocalyx differs from subsp. herveyensis in having generally broader phyllodes and (at least in coastal Qld areas where subsp. herveyensis occurs) flowers earlier in the season.

FOA Reference

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

Author

Dr M.D.Tindale and Dr P.G.Kodela with the assistance of M.Bedward, S.J.Davies, C.Herscovitch, D.A.Keith and/or D.A.Morrison, B.R.Maslin