| Balcanoona Wattle | |
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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. araneosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Acacia araneosa | |
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Acacia araneosa, commonly known as Balcanoona wattle or spidery wattle, is a shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Phyllodineae that is native to South Australia.
The erect, small and wispy shrub that typically grows to a height of 3 to 8 metres (10 to 26 ft). It blooms irregularly throughout the year and produces yellow flowers. [1] It has slender, glabrous flexuose, red-brown coloured branchlets. The pendulous, thickly filiform phyllodes are usually terete to quadrangular. The phyllodes have a length of 18 to 35 cm (7.1 to 13.8 in) but can be as long as 69 cm (27 in) and have a width of 1 to 2 mm (0.039 to 0.079 in) and narrow to the apex. [2]
The species was first formally described by the botanist D.J.E. Whibley in the 1976 work by Whibley and B.J. Walby Acacia araneosa (Fabaceae subfam. Mimosoideae), a new species from South Australia as published in the Contributions from the Herbarium Australiense. It was reclassified as Racosperma araneosum in 2003 then transferred back to the genus Acacia in 2005. [3]
It has a limited distribution in arid conditions of central South Australia in the northern Flinders Range from Balcanoona to Arkaroola where it is found on rocky slopes, ridges and hills in skeletal soils [1] over Skillogallee dolamite, reputed to be highly magnesic. It is often a part of open woodland or shrubland communities along with Eucalyptus gillii and Triodia irritans . [2]
Acacia complanata, known as long-pod wattle and flat-stemmed wattle, is a perennial tree native to eastern Australia.
Acacia concurrens, commonly known as curracabah or black wattle, is a shrub native to Queensland in eastern Australia.
Acacia multispicata, commonly known as spiked wattle, is a shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Juliflorae that is endemic to south western Australia.
Acacia symonii, also known commonly as Symon's wattle, is a tree or shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Juliflorae that is endemic to parts of arid central Australia.
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.
Acacia cretacea, also known as chalky wattle, is a shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Phyllodineae that is endemic to South Australia.
Acacia obtusata, commonly known as blunt-leaf wattle or obtuse wattle, is a tree or shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Phyllodineae native to eastern Australia.
Acacia pickardii, commonly known as Pickard's wattle or birds nest wattle, is a tree or shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Phyllodineae native to eastern Australia. It is listed as a vulnerable species according to Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.
Acacia nana, also known as the small red-leaved wattle, is a shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Phyllodineae where it is endemic to eastern Australia.
Acacia saxicola, commonly known as Mount Maroon wattle, is a shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Phyllodineae native to eastern Australia.
Acacia semirigida, also known as stony ridge wattle, is a shrub or tree belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Phyllodineae native to north eastern Australia.
Acacia kettlewelliae, commonly known as buffalo wattle, is a tree or shrub of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Phyllodineae that is endemic to south eastern Australia.
Acacia kybeanensis, commonly known as kybean wattle or kybeyan wattle, is a shrub of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Phyllodineae that is endemic to south eastern Australia.
Acacia kydrensis, commonly known as Kydra wattle, is a shrub of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Phyllodineae that is endemic to south eastern Australia.
Acacia microcarpa, commonly known as manna wattle, is a shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Phyllodineae endemic to south eastern Australia.
Acacia caroleae, also known as Carol's wattle or narrow leaf currawong, is a shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Juliflorae that is native to north eastern Australia.
Acacia curranii, also known as curly-bark wattle, is a shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Juliflorae that is native to north eastern Australia. It is listed as vulnerable under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.
Acacia leptostachya, commonly known as Townsville wattle or slender wattle, is a shrub or small tree belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Juliflorae that is native to north eastern Australia.
Acacia whibleyana is a shrub belonging to the genus Acacia, section Plurinerves. It is native to South Australia.
Acacia tenuior, commonly known as Central Ranges wattle, is a shrub of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Plurinerves that is endemic to a small area in central Australia. It is considered to be rare in South Australia.