Family

Fabaceae

Distribution

Localised S of Newdegate near Lake Bryde and Lake Cobham, south-west W.A.

Description

Shrub 0.3–1 m high. Stipules persistent, stout, 2–3 mm long, 0.5–0.7 mm wide. Phyllodes narrowly elliptic to narrowly oblong-elliptic or oblanceolate, straight, 2–5 cm long, 4–8 mm wide, l:w = 4–10, acute or obtuse, rather rigid; gland 5–10 mm above pulvinus. Peduncles 4–12 mm long.

Habitat

Grows in loamy sand and clay usually on slightly saline soil within salt lake systems, in low woodland of Eucalyptus kondinensis and E. occidentalis.

Specimens

W.A.: S of Newdegate, B.R.Maslin 3861 (PERTH); type locality, K.Newbey 3263A (PERTH).

Notes

The stout, persistent stipules distinguish this from the other subspecies, except for subsp. angustifolia which has the narrowest phyllodes in the species. Has similarities to a taxon of uncertain rank which resembles A. halliana (see note under A. halliana).

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