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Acacia ancistrophylla

Acacia ancistrophylla
Photo: Gderrin, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Shrub
Water
Likes moisture
Native range
S. Australia
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Acacia ancistrophylla is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to southern Australia. It is a dense, rounded shrub, with lance-shaped phyllodes with the narrower end towards the base, spherical heads of yellow flowers, and linear pods up to 40 mm (1.6 in) long.

Where it grows

Variety ancistrophylla is common to very common in woodland and mallee communities on flats, hillsides and ridges between Wubin, Newdegate and Cundeelee and near Salmon Gums. Variety lissophylla is known from three collections in Western Australia, in scattered locations from Ceduna to Pine Point in South Australia, and in scattered places between Lake Hindmarsh and Swan Hill in Victoria. Variety perarcuata grows in low woodland within a radius of 50–70 km (31–43 mi) of Merredin in Western Australia.

Other Acacia plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Acacia ancistrophylla 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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