| Acacia pellita | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Clade: | Mimosoideae |
| Genus: | Acacia |
| Species: | A. pellita |
| Binomial name | |
| Acacia pellita | |
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| Occurrence data from AVH | |
Acacia pellita is a shrub or tree belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Juliflorae that is endemic to parts of tropical northern Australia.
The shrub or tree typically grows to a height of 3 to 6 metres (10 to 20 ft) [1] and has grey or brown coloured bark that is slightly fibrous. It has slightly angular ribbed branchlets that are covered by a dense matting of woolly hairs. Like most species of Acacia it has phyllodes rather than true leaves. The evergreen phyllodes have a narrowly elliptic shape with a length of 10.5 to 19.5 cm (4.1 to 7.7 in) and a width of 30 to 100 mm (1.2 to 3.9 in). The papery to slightly coriaceous phyllodes have two to four prominent main nerves that are concurrent with each other. [2] It blooms from May to August producing yellow flowers. [1] The cylindrical flower-spikes are 3 to 7 cm (1.2 to 2.8 in) in length and packed with golden coloured flowers. After flowering densely haired seed pods form that are tightly coiled in masses with a length of around 7 cm (2.8 in) and a width of 3.5 to 5 mm (0.14 to 0.20 in) with longitudinally arranged seeds inside. The black coloured seeds have an oblong shape and are 3.9 to 4.5 mm (0.15 to 0.18 in) in length with an oblong open areole. [2]
It is native to a large area in the Northern Territory and the Kimberley region of Western Australia where the plant will grow in sandy or loamy soils and prefers damp conditions. [1] It is often situated along creek banks growing in sandy soils as a part of Eucalyptus woodland communities where it is often found in shady locations on or around sandstone or laterite. [2]
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