Acacia semiaurea

Acacia semiaurea is a shrub of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Phyllodineae.

Acacia semiaurea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Clade: Mimosoideae
Genus: Acacia
Species:
A. semiaurea
Binomial name
Acacia semiaurea

Like most species of Acacia it has phyllodes rather than true leaves. The oblanceolate shaped thinly coriaceous phyllodes have a length of 4.5 to 6 cm (1.8 to 2.4 in) and a width of 13 to 16 mm (0.51 to 0.63 in) have one nerve per face and are sparesly covered with white hairs. When it blooms it produces simple inflorescences in group of four to seven along a raceme axes of 1.5 to 3 cm (0.59 to 1.18 in) with spherical flowerheads.[1]

See also

References

  1. "Acacia semiaurea". World Wide Wattle. CSIRO publishing. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
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