Acacia triquetra
| Gold dust wattle | |
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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. triquetra
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| Binomial name | |
| Acacia triquetra Benth. | |
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| Occurrence data from AVH | |
Acacia triquetra, also known as the gold dust wattle,[1] is a shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Phyllodineae native to southern Australia.
Description
The shrub typically grows to a height of 1.5 metres (4.9 ft) and has a
seed pods form with a linear shape that are straight to shallowly curved. The pods have a length of up to 6 cm (2.4 in) and a width of 3 to 4 mm (0.12 to 0.16 in) with the seeds arranged longitudinally inside. The dark brown seeds are normally found to have an oblong shape with a length of 2.5 to 3.5 mm (0.098 to 0.138 in) and are ridged around the periphery.[2]
Distribution
It is
Port Lincoln in the south and is also found on the Yorke Peninsula from Port Rickaby in the north to Kangaroo Island in the south where it is found on sea cliffs or in damp areas where it grows in sandy soils over and around limestone as a part of scrub and mallee communities.[2]
See also
References
- ^ "South Australia's wattles herald the arrival of spring". State Flora. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
- ^ a b c "Acacia triquetra". World Wide Wattle. Western Australian Herbarium. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
- ^ "Acacia triquetra". Electronic Flora of South Australia species Fact Sheet. State Herbarium of South Australia. Retrieved 2 September 2019.