Acacia caesariata

Acacia caesariata is a shrub of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Plurinerves. It is native to an area in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia.[2]

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

Description

The dense rounded shrub typically grows to a height of 0.6 to 1.6 metres (2.0 to 5.2 ft).[2] It has hairy and slightly ribbed branchelts that have persistent stipules with a length of 1.5 to 4 mm (0.059 to 0.157 in).Like most species of Acacia it has phyllodes rather than true leaves. The leathery, dull green to grey-green, erect to ascending phyllodes have an oblanceolate to linear-oblanceolate shape and can be straight to shallowly incurved. the phyllodes are 2 to 4.5 cm (0.79 to 1.77 in) in length and 2 to 10 mm (0.079 to 0.394 in) wide and have three to five or more subdistant longitudinal nerves per face.[3] It blooms from August to September and produces yellow flowers.[2]

Description

It has a disjunct distribution from around Kununoppin in the north to Lake Grace in the south where it grows in gritty clay and loam soils as a part of Eucalyptus woodland and mallee scrub communities.[3]

See also

References
  1. Government Gazette(2018) Wildlife Conservation (Rare Flora) Notice 2017.Government Gazette, 16 January 2018, p.189 Retrieved 13 June 2018.
  2. "Acacia caesariata". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  3. "Acacia caesariata". World Wide Wattle. Western Australian Herbarium. Retrieved 14 October 2020.


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