Acacia bidentata
Acacia bidentata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Caesalpinioideae |
Clade: | Mimosoid clade |
Genus: | Acacia |
Species: | A. bidentata
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Binomial name | |
Acacia bidentata Benth. | |
Occurrence data from AVH |
Acacia bidentata is a shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Phyllodineae and is native to Western Australia.
Description
The prostrate and domed shrub typically grows to a height of 0.1 to 1 metre (0 to 3 ft).
Taxonomy
The species was first formally described by the
Distribution
It is native to an area in the Mid West, Wheatbelt and the Great Southern regions of Western Australia.[1] It has a scattered distribution from Kalbarri in the north and then south around Carnamah. It occurs predominantly south from Carnamah to Stirling Range National Park in the south and east to around Grass Patch where it grows in clay, sand, sandy loam, gravelly loam and loamy soils and is usually part of mallee woodland and heath communities.[2]
See also
References
- ^ Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ a b c "Acacia bidentata". World Wide Wattle. Western Australian Herbarium. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
- ^ "Acacia bidentata Benth". Atlas of Living Australia. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 3 September 2018.