Acacia dolichophylla, also known as Chewings Range wattle,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the Northern Territory of Australia. It is a bushy shrub with finely ribbed branchlets, narrowly elliptic phyllodes, spherical heads of pale yellow to light golden yellow flowers and linear, more or less papery pods.
Acacia dolichophylla is a bushy shrub that typically grows to a height of 3–4m (9.8–13.1ft), sometimes to 7m (23ft) and has smooth, greyish bark and finely ribbed branchlets. Its phyllodes are flat, narrowly linear 120–190mm (4.7–7.5in) long and 1–2mm (0.039–0.079in) wide with three raised veins. The flowers are borne in up to five spherical heads in racemes0.5–2mm (0.020–0.079in) long on peduncles9–13mm (0.35–0.51in) long, each head about 4.5mm (0.18in) in diameter with about 25 pale yellow to light golden yellow flowers. Flowering has been recorded in March, April and from June to September, and the pods are linear, flat, slightly raised over and constricted between the seeds, up to 100mm (3.9in) long, 5–7mm (0.20–0.28in) wide and more or less papery. The seeds are elliptic, 4.0–4.5mm (0.16–0.18in) long and lack an aril.[2][3][4][5][6]
Chewings Range wattle grows in steep, sheltered gullies in schistose hills and is only known from Chewings Range in the southern part of the Northern Territory.[2]
1 2 3 Cowan, Richard S.; Maslin, Bruce R. Orchard, Anthony E. (ed.). "Acacia dolichophylla". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. Retrieved 14 October 2025.
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