Acacia repanda

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Acacia repanda
Status DECF P3.svg
Priority Three — Poorly Known Taxa (DEC)
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Clade: Mimosoideae
Genus: Acacia
Species:
A. repanda
Binomial name
Acacia repanda
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Occurrence data from AVH

Acacia repanda is a shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Juliflorae that is endemic to a small area in western Australia.

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Description

The rounded to obconic shrub typically grows to a height of 0.5 to 2 metres (2 to 7 ft). The single stemmed and multi-branched plant has minni-ritchi bark [1] and branchlets that have spreading hairs. Like most species of Acacia it has phyllodes rather than true leaves. The patent to ascending evergreen phyllodes are terete to flat with a linear to linear-oblanceolate shape that is slightly to moderately incurved. The rigid, glabrous and grey-green coloured phyllodes have a length of 2.5 to 6 cm (0.98 to 2.36 in) and a width of 1 to 3 mm (0.039 to 0.118 in) have eight prominent nerves with deep furrows between each nerve. [2] It blooms from June to August producing yellow flowers. [1] The simple inflorescences occur in pairs in the axils with sessile and spherical to broadly ellipsoid shaped flowerheads with a length of 5 to 8 mm (0.20 to 0.31 in) and a diameter of 4 to 5 mm (0.16 to 0.20 in) containing 20 to 25 golden coloured flowers. After flowering coriaceous seed pods with a narrowly oblong shape form that are strongly undulate. The pods have a length of up to around 3 cm (1.2 in) and a width of around 4 mm (0.16 in) and are shaggy with golden or white hairs and some smaller red resin-hairs throughout. The glossy dark-brown to black seeds are also sometimes mottled yellow have a broadly elliptic to oblong-ovate shape and are 2.5 to 3 mm (0.098 to 0.118 in) in length. [2]

Distribution

It is native to a small area in the southern Wheatbelt region of Western Australia [1] where it has a disjunct distribution with the bulk of the population being found in the area around Holt Rock with a small population found in Wongan Hills. It is often situated around outcrops of granite growing in sandy loam or loamy soils as a part of heath or shrubland communities. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Acacia repanda". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  2. 1 2 3 "Acacia repanda R.S.Cowan & Maslin". Wattle - Acacias of Australia. Lucid Central. Retrieved 10 April 2020.