Acacia humifusa
| Acacia humifusa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Caesalpinioideae |
| Clade: | Mimosoid clade |
| Genus: | Acacia |
| Species: | A. humifusa
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| Binomial name | |
| Acacia humifusa Benth. | |
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| Occurrence data from AVH | |
Acacia humifusa is a shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Juliflorae that is endemic to northern parts of Australia.
Description
The shrub is erect and spreading, and it typically grows to a height of 0.4 to 3 metres (1 to 10 ft)[1] and 6 m (20 ft) wide. It has grey or brownish grey coloured bark that is fissured or occasionally smooth. The velvety terete branchlets are a light fawn to dark brown colour. Like most species of Acacia it has phyllodes rather than true leaves. The evergreen asymmetrical phyllodes have an obliquely ovate-rhomboid to suborbicular shape with a length of 4 to 8 cm (1.6 to 3.1 in) and a width of 20 to 60 mm (0.79 to 2.36 in). The phyllodes can have a setose point at the apex and have three to four prominent, curved nerves.[2] It blooms from January to April or June to September producing yellow flowers.[1]
Distribution
It is native to an area in the
See also
References
- ^ Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ a b "Acacia humifusa". World Wide Wattle. Western Australian Herbarium. Retrieved 29 October 2019.