Acacia cedroides
Acacia cedroides | |
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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. cedroides
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Binomial name | |
Acacia cedroides Benth. | |
Occurrence data from AVH |
Acacia cedroides is a shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Phyllodineae that is endemic to Western Australia.
Description
The dense and prickly shrub typically grows to a height of 0.3 to 1 metre (1 to 3 ft).[1] It has finely ribbed and striated hairy branchlets with linear-triangular stipules that are 1.5 to 4 mm (0.059 to 0.157 in) in length. The rigid, green, inclined to ascending phyllodes are often shallowly incurved with a length of 1 to 4 mm (0.039 to 0.157 in) and a width of 0.8 to 1.3 mm (0.031 to 0.051 in).[2]
It blooms from August to November and produces cream-yellow flowers.
Distribution
It is native to an area along the south coast in the
See also
References
- ^ Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ a b c "Acacia cedroides". World Wide Wattle. Western Australian Herbarium. Retrieved 12 April 2019.