| Acacia pruinosa | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Caesalpinioideae |
| Clade: | Mimosoid clade |
| Genus: | Acacia |
| Species: | A. pruinosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Acacia pruinosa | |
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| Occurrence data from AVH | |
Acacia pruinosa, commonly known as the frosty wattle, is a species of Acacia native to eastern Australia. [1]
The spreading shrub or tree typically grows to a height of 1 to 6 metres (3 to 20 ft) and has smooth bark with terete branchlets. The glabrous leaves are 2 to 6.5 cm (0.79 to 2.56 in) in length and have one prominent gland near the middle of the lowermost pair of pinnae. There are between one and five pairs of pinnae that have a length of 3 to 9 cm (1.2 to 3.5 in) and 7 to 20 pairs of oblong pinnules that are 8 to 17 mm (0.31 to 0.67 in) in length and 2.5 to 5 mm (0.098 to 0.197 in) wide. The plant flowers between August and October producing 4 to 19 inflorescences in panicles that have an axis with a length of 2 to 15 cm (0.79 to 5.91 in). The spherical flower-heads with a diameter of 5 to 10 mm (0.20 to 0.39 in) contain 40 to 60 yellow to bright yellow flowers. After flowering leathery straight to curved, flat seed pods form with a length of 4 to 14 cm (1.6 to 5.5 in) and a width of 6 to 12 mm (0.24 to 0.47 in). [1]
The type specimen was collected by the botanist Alan Cunningham in 1827 on the Liverpool Plains of New South Wales. [2]
It is found in northeastern New South Wales from around Uralla in the south stretching north into southeastern Queensland. It is often a part of dry sclerophyll forest and woodland communities and grows in sandy and skeletal soils over and around granite. [1]
Acacia deanei, commonly known as Deane's wattle and green wattle, is a tree native to Australia, which is useful for controlling soil erosion. There are two subspecies: Acacia deanei subsp. deanei and Acacia deanei subsp. paucijuga.
Acacia nigricans is a species of wattle which is endemic to an area on the south coast of Western Australia.
Acacia elata, the cedar wattle or mountain cedar wattle, is a tree found in eastern Australia.
Acacia blayana, commonly known as Blay's wattle or Brogo wattle, is a tree of the genus Acacia that is native to south eastern Australia.
Acacia silvestris, commonly known the Bodalla silver wattle, is a tree of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Botrycephalae. It is native to an area in south eastern New South Wales and coastal Victoria.
Acacia browniana, commonly known as Brown's wattle, is a shrub of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Pulchellae. It is native to an area in the South West and Peel regions of Western Australia.
Acacia drewiana is a shrub of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Pulchellae that is endemic to an area of south western Australia.
Acacia grisea is a shrub of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Pulchellae that is endemic to an area of south western Australia.
Acacia guinetii, commonly known as Guinet's wattle, is a shrub of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Pulchellae that is endemic to a small area along the coast of western Australia
Acacia lateriticola is a shrub of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Pulchellae that is endemic to an area of south western Australia.
Acacia luteola is a shrub of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Pulchellae that is endemic to an area of south west Australia.
Acacia preissiana is a shrub of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Pulchellae that is endemic to an area of south western Australia.
Acacia oshanesii, commonly known as corkwood wattle and irish wattle, is a species of Acacia native to eastern Australia.
Acacia parvipinnula, commonly known as silver-stemmed wattle, is a species of Acacia native to eastern Australia.
Acacia mollifolia, commonly known as the hairy silver wattle, velvet acacia and hoary silver wattle is a species of Acacia native to eastern Australia.
Acacia leucoclada, commonly known as the northern silver wattle, is a species of Acacia native to eastern Australia.
Acacia debilis, commonly known as the spindly wattle, is a species of Acacia native to eastern Australia.
Acacia kulnurensis, commonly known as the Kulnura wattle, is a species of Acacia native to eastern Australia.
Acacia loroloba, commonly known as the Ma Ma Creek wattle, is a species of Acacia native to eastern Australia.
Acacia storyi, commonly known as Story's wattle, is a species of Acacia of the subgenus Botrycephalae that is native to eastern Australia. It is listed as near threatened according to the Nature Conservation Act 1992 of Queensland.