WATTLE

Acacias of Australia

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Acacia desertorum var. nudipes R.S.Cowan & Maslin

Family

Fabaceae

Distribution

Restricted to areas between Southern Cross and Boorabbin, W.A.

Description

Phyllodes 16-nerved but often only 8 nerves visible when young (the nerves of unequal width), glabrous or appressed-hairy between nerves. Peduncles normally solitary, substout, 0.5–0.8 mm diam., longitudinally ridged when dry, not resinous, glabrous or subglabrous (no resin hairs). Sepals 1–1.1 mm long, c. /2 length of petals.

Habitat

Grows on yellow sandplains and lateritic gravel, in heath and tall open shrubland.

Specimens

W.A.: Koorarawalyee, J.S.Beard 6238 (PERTH); 12.6 km E of Southern Cross on Great Eastern Hwy, B.R.Maslin 2388 (PERTH); 10 km SE of Ghooli, c. 19 km SE of Southern Cross, K.Newbey 6022 (PERTH).

FOA Reference

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

Author

R.S.Cowan, B.R.Maslin