Acacia jacksonioides

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Acacia jacksonioides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
Clade: Mimosoid clade
Genus: Acacia
Species:
A. jacksonioides
Binomial name
Acacia jacksonioides
Occurrence data from AVH

Acacia jacksonioides is a shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Phyllodineae that is endemic to western Australia.

Description

The dense intricate and spinose shrub typically grows to a height of 0.2 to 0.7 metres (0.7 to 2.3 ft).

seed pods that form after flowering are openly coiled and twisted with an overall length of around 4 cm (1.6 in) and a width of around 3 mm (0.12 in). The shiny mottled brown seeds within the pods have an oblong shape with a length of 2 to 2.5 mm (0.079 to 0.098 in) and a large terminal aril.[2]

Distribution

It is native to an area in the

Geraldton in the north west down to around Hyden in the south east where it is often part of shrubland or Eucalyptus woodland communities.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^
    Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions
    .
  2. ^ a b c "Acacia jacksonioides". World Wide Wattle. Western Australian Herbarium. Retrieved 12 August 2019.