Acacia cowleana

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Halls Creek wattle
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
Clade: Mimosoid clade
Genus: Acacia
Species:
A. cowleana
Binomial name
Acacia cowleana
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Occurrence data from AVH
Synonyms

Acacia oligophlebaPedley [1]

Acacia cowleana, Halls Creek wattle, [2] is a northern Australian native shrub. [3] It is a flowering plant with yellow flowers that only open in winter. [4] Its origin is the Northern Australia's dry tropics. [5] It belongs to the genus of Acacia .

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Appearance

It is a small tree of height 1–7 metres (6–12 feet) with large grey phyllodes and yellow rod flowers. [6] Its bark is fibrous. The phyllodes are 80 to 200 mm long by 10–30 mm wide and curved. [3]

Growth

The shrub grows in woodlands with spinifex at Beulah Station near Enngonia. [7] Its growth is medium-fast. It easily grows from seed but has a short life span. [8] It is a reliable shrub for temperate to arid climates in reasonably well drained soils. Though not generally considered to be endangered, the species is regarded as rare in New South Wales. [3] [7] It is not commonly cultivated, though it is reported to be grown in California. [3]

Aboriginal names and uses

The Walmajarri people of the Paruku IPA in the Kimberley call this wattle parta. [9] Other Aboriginal names are: Alyawarr: alerrey; Anmatyerr: alkart; Jaru: barrabi. Kaytetye: elkerte; Pintupi Luritja: kilkiti; Waramangu: kalkkarti; and Warlpiri: kalkardi, parrapi. [2]

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References

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