Acacia rendlei

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Acacia rendlei
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Clade: Mimosoideae
Genus: Acacia
Species:
A. rendlei
Binomial name
Acacia rendlei
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Acacia rendlei is a shrub of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Phyllodineae that is endemic to south western Australia.

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Description

The dense, spreading and pungent shrub typically grows to a height of 0.3 to 1.1 metres (1.0 to 3.6 ft) [1] with an intricate habit. It has glabrous branchlets with spinose stipules that are 6 to 17 mm (0.24 to 0.67 in) in length and widely spreading. Like most species of Acacia it has phyllodes rather than true leaves. The pungent, evergreen and dimidiate phyllodes have a length of 6.5 to 10 mm (0.26 to 0.39 in) and a width of 4.5 to 7.5 mm (0.18 to 0.30 in) with a midrib that is not prominent. [2] It blooms from October to December and produces yellow flowers. [1] The simple inflorescences occur singly or in pairs in the axils and have spherical flower-heads containing 26 to 32 golden coloured flowers. Following flowering firmly chartaceous seed pods form that have a narrowly oblong shape with a length of up to 45 mm (1.8 in) and awidth of 6.5 to 8 mm (0.26 to 0.31 in). The elliptic shaped seeds have a length of about 4.5 mm (0.18 in) and a linear aril that curves around the base of the seed. [2]

Distribution

It is native to an area in the Wheatbelt and Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia where it is often situated on flats and low hills growing in rocky calcareous loamy or sandy soils. [1] It has a scattered distribution from around the Parker Range in the west to around Kanandah Station in the east where it is often found as a part of open Eucalyptus woodland communities. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Acacia rendlei". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  2. 1 2 3 "Acacia rendlei Maiden". Wattle - Acacias of Australia. Lucid Central. Retrieved 2 August 2020.