Acacia flavipila

Acacia flavipila is a shrub of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Plurinerves that is endemic to an area of south western Australia.

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

Description

The spreading shrub typically grows to a height of 0.5 to 2 metres (2 to 7 ft)[1] and has branchlets that are densely covered in golden coloured hairs that are more white on young shoots. The branchlets also have persistent stipules that are about 1 mm (0.039 in) in length. Like most species of Acacia it has phyllodes rather than true leaves. The evergreen phyllodes have an elliptic to oblong-elliptic or oblanceolate shape and are usually inequilateral with a length of 10 to 22 mm (0.39 to 0.87 in) and a width of 3 to 9 mm (0.12 to 0.35 in) and two or three main nerves.[2] It blooms from May to September and produces yellow flowers.[1]

Taxonomy

There are two recognised varieties of the species:

  • Acacia flavipila var. flavipila
  • Acacia flavipila var. ovalis[2]

Distribution

It is native to an area in the Wheatbelt and Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia where it is commonly situated on undulating plains growing sandy or clay-loam soils.[1] It has a scattered distribution from around Cadoux in the north west down to around Dunn Swamp about 100 km (62 mi) north of Raventhorpe in the south east.[2]

See also

References
  1. "Acacia flavipila". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  2. "Acacia flavipila". World Wide Wattle. Western Australian Herbarium. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
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