| Round-leaf 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. strongylophylla |
| Binomial name | |
| Acacia strongylophylla | |
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| Occurrence data from AVH | |
Acacia strongylophylla, commonly known as round-leaf wattle, [2] is a shrub of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Phyllodineae endemic to central Australia.
The erect, glabrous, spinescent and straggly shrub typically grows to a height of 1 to 3 metres (3 to 10 ft). [2] The yellowish-green to reddish-brown branchlets are slightly flattened and have smooth thin brown coloured bark. [3] The evergreen flat dull phyllodes have a rhomboid-orbicular shape and are up to 2 centimetres (0.8 in) in length and width and have one prominent major vein. [3] It blooms between June and October forming yellow flowers. [2] The simple axillary flower-spikes are usually solitary or occur in pairs and have large spherical deep golden-yellow flower-heads. Following flowering brown seed pods form that have an oblong shape and are around 8 cm (3 in) in length and 12 millimetres (0.472 in) wide. The pods are flat but raised over each seed. [3] The hard shiny black-brown [4] seeds have an ovoid shape and are about 5 mm (0.197 in) with a width of around 3.5 mm (0.138 in). [3]
The species was first formally described by the botanist Ferdinand von Mueller in 1874 in the work Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae . It was reclassified as Racosperma strongylophyllum by Leslie Pedley in 1987 but was transferred back to the genus Acacia in 2001. [5]
The species name is taken from the Greek words strongylos meaning round and phyllon meaning a leaf referring to the shape of the leaves on the plant. [3]
A. strongylophylla is a part of the Acacia pyrifolia group but can be distinguished by the non-racemose inflorescences. [4]
It is native to arid desert areas in the north western South Australia, southern Northern Territory [3] and the north eastern Goldfields region of Western Australia. [2] It is found along watercourses, [4] on rocky hillsides and valley floors and walls growing in shallow red sandy soils. [3] It is usually a part of tall shrubland communities with other Acacia and Eucalyptus species. [4]
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