Acacia ligustrina

Acacia ligustrina is a shrub or tree belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Phyllodineae that is endemic to south western Australia.

Acacia ligustrina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Clade: Mimosoideae
Genus: Acacia
Species:
A. ligustrina
Binomial name
Acacia ligustrina
Occurrence data from AVH

Description

The spreading shrub or tree typically grows to a height of 1.5 to 3.5 metres (4.9 to 11.5 ft).[1] The branchlets of the plants are covered with more or less straight hairs. Like most species of Acacia it has phyllodes rather than true leaves. The evergreen phyllodes are often shallowly recurved and have an asymmetrical oblong-elliptic or narrowly elliptic shape. The thinly coriaceous phyllodes are 2 to 6 cm (0.79 to 2.36 in) in length and 3 to 9 mm (0.12 to 0.35 in) with a non-prominent midrib.[2] It produces yellow flowers from August to October.[1]

Distribution

It is native to an area in the Mid West and Wheatbelt regions of Western Australia where it is commonly situated on low hills, around salt flats and depressions growing in loamy, clay or sandy clay soils often containing lateritic gravel.[1]

See also

References
  1. "Acacia ligustrina". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  2. "Acacia ligustrina Meisn". Wattle - Acacias of Australia. Lucid Central. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
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