Acacia leiocalyx (Domin) Pedley subsp. leiocalyx
WATTLE
Acacias of Australia
Family
Fabaceae
Distribution
Widespread in Qld where it extends from S of Mackay (inland to about 146°E) to north-eastern N.S.W.; also the Sydney and Narrabri districts in N.S.W.
Description
Phyllodes 7–12 (–18) cm long, (10–) 12–25 (–35) mm wide, 4–9 times as long as wide.
Phenology
Flowers mid-Apr.–July in coastal Qld; late Apr.–Aug. in inland Qld; (May–) June–Sept. in N.S.W.
Habitat
Grows in eucalypt forest, woodland and heaths, in sandy or clayey soils.
Specimens
Qld: on Ban Ban Springs–Gayndah road, 72 km by road from Biggenden towards Gayndah, S.J.Davies 59 & J.M.Powell (AD, K, MEL, NSW, PERTH); 4 miles [6.4 km] WNW of Chinchilla, M.D.Tindale 716 (AD, CANB, K, NSW). N.S.W.: 3.7 km S of Corindi, R.G.Coveny 4261 & J.Armstrong (A, AD, BRI, CANB, G, L, MEL, NSW, TNS, UC, US); 2.4 km SE of Kempsey, K.Thurtell & R.G.Coveny 3835 (A, AD, CANB, CHR, K, L, LE, MEL, PERTH, RSA, U, US).
Notes
Subspecies leiocalyx differs from subsp. herveyensis in having generally broader phyllodes and (at least in coastal Qld areas where subsp. herveyensis occurs) flowers earlier in the season.
FOA Reference
Data derived from Flora of Australia Volumes 11A (2001), 11B (2001) and 12 (1998), products of ABRS, ©Commonwealth of Australia
Author
Dr M.D.Tindale and Dr P.G.Kodela with the assistance of M.Bedward, S.J.Davies, C.Herscovitch, D.A.Keith and/or D.A.Morrison, B.R.Maslin
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