Family

Fabaceae

Distribution

Restricted to near Manmanning with an early collection near York, W.A.

Description

Branchlets pubescent. Stipules persistent. Phyllodes 2.5–4 cm long, 3–5 mm wide, with apices usually obtuse, 3–5 (–7)-nerved, usually hairy on nerves; central nerve slightly closer to adaxial margin. Flower-heads subglobular, 5–7 mm long (dry); bracteoles ovate, 1.2–1.8 mm long, acute to acuminate. Pods ±velvety.

Habitat

Grows in sandy clay or laterite, in heath and scrub.

Specimens

W.A.: [York district], L.Priess 937 (photo PERTH); Manmanning area [precise locality withheld for conservation reasons], B.H.Smith 352 (PERTH).

Notes

Superficially resembling A. lirellata subsp. compressa in having flat, curved, strongly multinerved phyllodes, sessile, subglobular to shortly obloid heads and acute to acuminate, dark-coloured bracteoles. Subspecies compressa is distinguished by its non-coiled, glabrous pods, glabrous branchlets and glabrous, narrow phyllodes.

FOA Reference

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

Author

A.R.Chapman, B.R.Maslin