Acacia gordonii

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Gordon's wattle
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Clade: Mimosoideae
Genus: Acacia
Species:
A. gordonii
Binomial name
Acacia gordonii
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Acacia gordonii is a shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Phyllodineae that is native to parts of eastern Australia. [1]

The shrub typically grows to a height of up to 0.5 to 1.5 m (1 ft 8 in to 4 ft 11 in) and has an erect or spreading habit. It blooms between August and September and produces yellow flowers.

The shrub is found in New South Wales that is found between Bilpin in the north to Faulconbridge in the south in the foothills of the Blue Mountains where it is found on ridges and hill tops growing in sandstone based soils as a part of dry sclerophyll forest communities. [2]

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References

  1. "Acacia gordonii - profile". Office of Environment and Heritage (New South Wales) . Government of New South Wales . Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  2. "Acacia gordonii". World Wide Wattle. Western Australian Herbarium . Retrieved 5 May 2019.