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Strap Leaved Wattle

Acacia acrionastes

Strap Leaved Wattle
Photo: Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Native range
SE. Queensland
Climate
subtropical

About

Acacia acrionastes is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a spindly, glabrous shrub or tree with linear phyllodes, flowers arranged in a racemes with 10 to 15 spherical heads of flowers, each with 12 to 16 creamy yellow flowers, and leathery pods up to 10 mm (0.39 in) long.

Where it grows

Acacia acrionastes grows in shallow, rocky soils and among rocks on mountain peaks and is found in north western New South Wales where it is considered rare and Queensland where it is more common.

Other Acacia plants

Acacia abbatiana · Acacia abbreviata · Acacia abrupta · Acacia acanthaster · Harrow Wattle · Acacia acellerata · Gold-dust acacia · Acacia aciphylla · Acacia acoma · Acacia acradenia · Acacia acuaria · Snake Wattle

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Acacia acrionastes by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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