Acacia aprepta, commonly known as Miles mulga,[3] is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to south-eastern Queensland. It is a spreading tree with furrowed bark, linear flat or slightly curved phyllodes, up to 3 spikes of yellow flowers, and linear, papery pods up to about 60mm (2.4in) long.
Acacia aprepta is a spreading tree that typically grows to a height of up to 10m (33ft) and has dark, furrowed bark. Its phyllodes are linear, flat or slightly curved, 35–85mm (1.4–3.3in) long, 3–8mm (0.12–0.31in) wide, leathery and olive green. The flowers are borne in up to 3 spikes 6–35mm (0.24–1.38in) long in the axils of phyllodes and are yellow. Flowering mostly occurs from October to January, and the pods are light brown, papery, linear or very narrowly oblong and raised over the seeds, 25–60mm (0.98–2.36in) long and about 5–10mm (0.20–0.39in) wide. The seeds are dark brown, 2.3–3.5mm (0.091–0.138in) long.[3][4][5]
Miles mulga grows in thickets or dense populations in the western parts of the Darling Downs and around Maranoa, where it grows in shallow gravelly or loamy sandy soils often over sandstone.[3][4]
1 2 3 Tindale, Mary D.; Kodela, Phillip G. Kodela, Phillip G. (ed.). "Acacia aprepta". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
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