Family

Fabaceae

Distribution

Uncommon in N.S.W. Occurs S of Sydney, Royal Natl Park and near Wilton, and at Wentworth Falls in the Blue Mtns.

Description

Branchlets puberulous, tuberculate. Phyllodes in irregular whorls or scattered, rather crowded, with scattered tubercle-based hairs when young. Peduncles 2–4 mm long, usually hidden by the phyllodes. Heads normally 8–10-flowered.

Habitat

Occurs in coastal low heath, grows in rocky sandstone areas.

Specimens

N.S.W.: Royal Natl Park on the road to Warrumbul, R.Coveny 4211 et al. (NSW); ‘Little Switzerland’, Kings Tableland, T.Tame 1925 (PERTH).

Notes

The low stature, ebracteate peduncle bases and striate pods of A. baueri subsp. aspera are reminiscent of A. bynoeana which differs markedly in its flat, 3-nerved, pungent phyllodes. Sometimes confused with A. gordonii.

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

Minor edits by B.R.Maslin