Acacia amblygona

Last updated

Fan wattle
Acacia amblygona8178452953 bf8faa771a o.jpg
Acacia amblygona7418210998 619469c1fb o.jpg
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
Clade: Mimosoid clade
Genus: Acacia
Species:
A. amblygona
Binomial name
Acacia amblygona
Acacia amblygonaDistMap31.png
Occurrence data from AVH
Synonyms [1]
  • Acacia nernstii F.Muell.
  • Racosperma amblygonum(Benth.) Pedley
  • Acacia pravifoliaauct. non F.Muell.: Lebler, B.A. (1981)

Acacia amblygona, commonly known as fan wattle or fan leaf wattle, [2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to continental Australia. It is a sprawling, sometimes prostrate shrub with sharply-pointed, lance-shaped, tapering phyllodes, golden-yellow flowers arranged in a spherical head of 10 to 18 in the axils of phyllodes, and curved, coiled or twisted pods up to 70 mm (2.8 in) long.

Contents

Description

Acacia amblygona is a sprawling, sometimes prostrate shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.4–1 m (1 ft 4 in – 3 ft 3 in), its branchlets usually hairy. Its phyllodes are sessile, egg-shaped to lance-shaped or elliptic,8–15 mm (0.31–0.59 in) long and 2–4 mm (0.079–0.157 in) with and tapered to a sharply-pointed tip. The flowers are golden-yellow and arranged in groups of 10 to 18 in a more or less spherical head 4.0–6.5 mm (0.16–0.26 in) wide, on a peduncle 6–12 mm (0.24–0.47 in) long. Flowering occurs from July to October and the pods are curved, coiled or twisted, constricted over the seeds, 30–70 mm (1.2–2.8 in) long and 3–5 mm (0.12–0.20 in) wide containing seeds 3–7 mm (0.12–0.28 in) long and 3–5 mm (0.12–0.20 in) wide. [2] [3] [4] [5]

Taxonomy

Acacia amblygona was first formally described in 1842 by the botanist George Bentham from an unpublished manuscript by Allan Cunningham, in William Jackson Hooker's London Journal of Botany. [6] [7]

This wattle is included in Subgenus Phyllodineae, section Acacia. [8]

Distribution and habitat

Fan wattle grows in forest or mallee communities, often on stony soils. In Western Australia it is native to an area along the south coast near Ravensthorpe in the Esperance Plains bioregion. [5] In eastern Australia it is found in coastal and inland parts of New South Wales north from Lake Cargelligo and extends as far as the Expedition Range and Peak Downs in Queensland. [2] [4]

See also

Related Research Articles

<i>Acacia acanthoclada</i> Species of plant

Acacia acanthoclada, commonly known as harrow wattle, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to southern continental Australia. It is a low, highly branched, spreading and spiny shrub with wedge-shaped to triangular or egg-shaped phyllodes with the narrower end towards the base, and spherical heads of up to 30 flowers, and linear, spirally-coiled pods.

<i>Acacia alpina</i> Species of legume

Acacia alpina, commonly known as alpine wattle is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to alpine and subalpine regions of south-eastern continental Australia. It is an erect or spreading shrub or tree with egg-shaped or broadly egg-shaped phyllodes with the narrower end towards the base, flowers arranged in 1 or 2 racemes in the axils of phyllodes, each with cylindrical to oblong, usually pale yellow flowers, and thin-walled, gently curved or coiled pods 30–80 mm (1.2–3.1 in) long.

<i>Acacia complanata</i> Species of legume

Acacia complanata, known as long-pod wattle and flat-stemmed wattle, is a perennial tree native to eastern Australia.

<i>Acacia acinacea</i> Species of plant

Acacia acinacea, commonly known as gold dust wattle, wreath wattle or round-leaf wattle. is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to south-eastern continental Australia. It is a bushy or straggling shrub with asymmetric, narrowly oblong to broadly egg-shaped phyllodes with the narrower end towards the base, flowers arranged in a spherical heads 4.0–4.5 mm (0.16–0.18 in) in diameter with 8 to 20 flowers, and a spirally coiled to twisted pods up to 3.0–4.5 mm (0.12–0.18 in) long.

<i>Acacia gunnii</i> Species of plant

Acacia gunnii, commonly known as ploughshare wattle or dog's tooth wattle, is a woody shrub which is endemic to south-eastern Australia found in dry heaths and woodlands. It ranges from Queensland, then New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory, Victoria, South Australia, down to Tasmania. Acacia gunnii grows to up to 1 metre high and has prickly phyllodes which are 4 to 15 mm long. The cream to pale yellow globular flowerheads appear singly in the axils of the phyllodes in June to October, followed by curved or coiled seed pods which are 40 mm long and 4 to 5 mm wide. Acacia gunnii grows up to 1 meter tall and has prickly phyllodes which are 4 to 15mm in length with cream to pale-yellow globular flower heads appearing in phyllode axils in June through to October, followed by curved or coiled seed pods which are 40mm long and 4 to 5 mm wide. The species was first formally described by English botanist George Bentham in the London Journal of Botany in 1842. It occurs in South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania, New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory, and Queensland.

<i>Acacia flexifolia</i> Species of legume

Acacia flexifolia, commonly known as bent-leaf wattle or small winter wattle, is a shrub species that is endemic to eastern Australia.

<i>Acacia leptocarpa</i> Species of legume

Acacia leptocarpa, commonly known as north coast wattle, is a shrub or small tree native to New Guinea and coastal regions of northern Australia.

<i>Acacia hakeoides</i> Species of plant

Acacia hakeoides, known colloquially as hakea wattle, hakea-leaved wattle or western black wattle, is a species of flowering plant endemic to southern Australia. It is a bushy shrub or tree with lance-shaped to linear phyllodes, racemes of bright golden-yellow flowers and more or less leathery to leathery to hard and brittle pods. It can be found growing in sandy soils in semiarid and Eucalyptus woodland in the region.

<i>Acacia incurva</i> Species of legume

Acacia incurva is a shrub belonging to the genus Acacia. It is native to the South West region of Western Australia.

<i>Acacia acoma</i> Species of legume

Acacia acoma is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to inland ares of south-western Western Australia. It is an erect, spindly, open or spreading shrub with variably-shaped, often narrowly oblong phyllodes, flowers arranged in spherical heads, usually arranged in pairs in leaf axils, and strongly curved or spirally coiled pods up to 15 mm (0.59 in) long when expanded.

<i>Acacia acuaria</i> Species of legume

Acacia acuaria is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-western of Western Australia. It is a rounded or diffuse to spreading, prickly shrub with sharply pointed, rigid, needle-shaped phyllodes, flowers arranged in more or less spherical heads of 14 to 23 flowers, and strongly curved or openly coiled pods up to 50 mm (2.0 in) long.

<i>Acacia adinophylla</i> Species of legume

Acacia adinophylla is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to a small area in the south-west of Western Australia. It is a prostrate to erect, scrambling shrub with cylindrical branchlets, narrowly wedge-shaped to lance-shaped phyllodes, flowers arranged in up to 4 spherical heads of dull golden yellow flowers, and paper-like pods.

<i>Acacia bidentata</i> Species of shrub endemic to Western Australia

Acacia bidentata is a shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Phyllodineae and is native to Western Australia.

<i>Acacia erinacea</i> Species of legume

Acacia erinacea, also known as prickly wattle, is a shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Phyllodineae that is native to Western Australia.

<i>Acacia adenogonia</i> Species of legume

Acacia adenogonia is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to northern Western Australia. It is a prickly, erect to sprawling shrub with cylindrical branchlets, egg-shaped to lance-shaped phyllodes, flowers arranged in spherical heads of golden yellow flowers, and thin leathery pods that are constricted between the seeds.

<i>Acacia simsii</i> Species of legume

Acacia simsii is a shrub belonging to the genus Acacia in the family Fabaceae. It is native to New Guinea and northern Australia. In Australia it is found in both the Northern Territory and Queensland.

<i>Acacia aculeatissima</i> Species of legume

Acacia aculeatissima, commonly known as thin-leaf wattle or snake wattle, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to south-eastern continental Australia. It is usually a prostrate shrub with sharply pointed, needle-shaped phyllodes, flowers arranged in up to 3 more or less spherical heads of 15 to 25 flowers, and linear, papery pods up to 60 mm (2.4 in) long.

<i>Acacia brachybotrya</i> Species of plant

Acacia brachybotrya, commonly known as grey mulga or grey wattle, is a shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Phyllodineae that is endemic to Australia.

<i>Acacia conferta</i> Species of legume

Acacia conferta, commonly known as crowded-leaf wattle, is a shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Phyllodineae that is endemic to eastern Australia.

<i>Acacia gladiiformis</i> Species of legume

Acacia gladiiformis, commonly known as sword wattle or sword-leaf wattle, is a shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Phyllodineae that is native to parts of eastern Australia.

References

  1. 1 2 "Acacia amblygona". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 "Acacia amblygona A.Cunn. ex Benth". PlantNet. Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  3. "Acacia amblygona". World Wide Wattle. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  4. 1 2 Maslin, Bruce R. Kodela, Phillip G. (ed.). "Acacia amblygona". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  5. 1 2 "Acacia amblygona". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  6. "Acacia amblygona". APNI. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  7. Bentham, George; Hooker, William Jackson (1842). "Notes on Mimoseae, with a synopsis of species". London Journal of Botany. 1: 332–333. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  8. "Species Gallery Home". World Wide Wattle. Retrieved 14 June 2024.