WATTLE

Acacias of Australia

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Acacia phlebopetala var. pubescens Maslin

Family

Fabaceae

Distribution

Known only from Whoogarup Ra. in the Fitzgerald R. Natl Park.

Description

Spindly open shrub to 1 m high. Branchlets densely puberulous with patent hairs. Phyllodes puberulous. Peduncles sparsely to moderately puberulous. Pods puberulous.

Habitat

It grows in clay along watercourses in open mallee scrub.

Specimens

W.A.: Fitzgerald R. Natl Park, western slopes of Whoogarup Ra., B.R.Maslin 3879 (MEL, PERTH).

FOA Reference

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

Author

B.R.Maslin