Acacia lineolata

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Dwarf myall
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. lineolata
Binomial name
Acacia lineolata
Benth.
Occurrence data from AVH

Acacia lineolata, commonly known as dwarf myall, is a shrub of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Plurinerves that is endemic to an area of south western Australia.

Description

The open-branched shrub typically grows to a height of 0.5 to 2 metres (2 to 7 ft)

glabrous or hairy branchlets. Like most species of Acacia it has phyllodes rather than true leaves. The leathery, glabrous, evergreen, patent to ascending phyllodes have a linear to oblong-elliptic shape and are 2 to 6.5 cm (0.79 to 2.56 in) in length and 2 to 5 mm (0.079 to 0.197 in) wide and have numerous closely parallel, yellow nerves.[2] It blooms from June to September and produces yellow flowers.[1]

Taxonomy

The species belongs to the Acacia enervia group of wattles.

There are two recognised subspecies:

  • Acacia lineolata subsp. lineolata
  • Acacia lineolata subsp. multilineata

Distribution

It is native to an area in the

Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia where it is commonly situated on sandplains, saline flats and low lying areas growing in rocky clay, saline loam or sandy soils.[1] The range of the shrub extends from around Yuna in the north west to around Pingrup in the south east.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^
    Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions
    .
  2. ^ a b "Acacia lineolata". World Wide Wattle. Western Australian Herbarium.
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