| Stirling Range wattle | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Clade: | Mimosoideae |
| Genus: | Acacia |
| Species: | A. awestoniana |
| Binomial name | |
| Acacia awestoniana | |
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| Acacia awestoniana occurrence data from Australasian Virtual Herbarium [1] | |
Acacia awestoniana, commonly known as the Stirling Range wattle, [2] is a shrub of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Plurinerves.
The spreading viscid shrub or tree typically grows to a height of 2.4 to 3 metres (8 to 10 ft) and to a width of around 4 m (13 ft). It blooms from September to November and produces yellow flowers. [3] The obliquely widely elliptic to elliptic phyllodes are 1.5 to 3 centimetres (1 to 1 in) long and 11 to 22 millimetres (0.4 to 0.9 in) wide. The simple inflorescences have globular flower heads with a diameter of 5 to 6 mm (0.20 to 0.24 in) containing 54 to 60 golden flowers. The seed pods that form later are straight to narrowly oblong. They have a length of around 2.2 cm (0.87 in) and a width of 3 to 5 mm (0.12 to 0.20 in) and contain glossy brown oblong-elliptic seeds. [4]
It is native to a small area in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. [3] The plant is found on the lower slopes, on flats and along watercourses and grows in loamy or sandy clay loamy soils. [3]
A. awestoniana is confined to a small area with the Stirling Range National Park and fewer than 1,000 individual plants are known to exist. [5] It is usually found as a part of Eucalyptus woodland communities, associated species include Eucalyptus wandoo , Eucalyptus redacta and Acacia pulchella . [5]
Acacia dictyoneura is a shrub of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Plurinerves native to the south coast of Western Australia.
Acacia pellita is a shrub or tree belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Juliflorae that is endemic to parts of tropical northern Australia.
Acacia gonophylla, also known as rasp-stemmed wattle, is a shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Phyllodineae that is endemic to south western parts of Australia.
Acacia idiomorpha is a shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Phyllodineae that is endemic to a small area of western Australia.
Acacia jacksonioides is a shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Phyllodineae that is endemic to western Australia.
Acacia prainii, commonly known as Prain's wattle, is a shrub or tree belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Phyllodineae endemic to Australia.
Acacia pycnocephala is a shrub of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Phyllodineae that is endemic to south western Australia.
Acacia rendlei is a shrub of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Phyllodineae that is endemic to south western Australia.
Acacia scalena is a shrub of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Phyllodineae that is endemic to a small area in western Australia.
Acacia validinervia also commonly known as nyalanyalara, nyala nyala, alumaru or blue wattle, is a shrub of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Phyllodineae endemic to arid areas of inland Australia.
Acacia veronica, commonly known as Veronica's wattle, is a shrub or tree of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Plurinerves that is endemic to a small area of south western Australia.
Acacia amputata is a shrub of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Pulchellae that is endemic to an area of south western Australia.
Acacia tayloriana is a shrub of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Pulchellae that is endemic to a small area of south western Australia
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.
Acacia hamiltoniana, commonly known as Hamilton's wattle, is a shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Phyllodineae that is native to parts of eastern Australia.
Acacia semilunata is a shrub or tree belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Phyllodineae native to north eastern Australia.
Acacia sertiformis, commonly known as curly-leaved wattle, is a shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Phyllodineae native to north 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 cretata is a shrub or tree belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Juliflorae that is native to north eastern Australia.
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.
