| Mount Mulgine fluted 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. sulcaticaulis |
| Binomial name | |
| Acacia sulcaticaulis | |
Acacia sulcaticaulis, also commonly known as the Mount Mulgine fluted wattle, [2] is a shrub or tree belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Juliflorae that is native to a small area in western Australia.
The shrub is usually multistemmed with an obconic habit and typically grows to a height of 1 to 4 m (3 ft 3 in to 13 ft 1 in) shrub or it rarely is seen as a tree up to around 6 m (20 ft) in height. It has longitudinally fluted branches and stems with smooth bark and glabrous and resinous new shoots. The glabrous branchlets become flattened toward the terminus of the branches and are flattened and obscurely ribbed.
Like most species of Acacia it has phyllodes instead of true leaves. The green phyllodes have a narrowly elliptic shape and are often straight with a length of 4 to 14 cm (1.6 to 5.5 in) and a width of 5 to 10 mm (0.20 to 0.39 in) with numerous fine longitudinal nerves that are close together. [2]
The simple inflorescences occur singly or in pairs in the axils. The flower-heads have an obloid heads with a length of 8 to 12 mm (0.31 to 0.47 in) and a diameter of 6 to 8 mm (0.24 to 0.31 in).
The straight, thinly crustaceous to coriaceous seed pods that form after flowering are a red to brown colour with a length of 2 to 3.5 cm (0.79 to 1.38 in) and a width of 1.4 to 1.8 mm (0.055 to 0.071 in). The brown coloured seeds within the pods are arranged longitudinally and have an oblong shape with a length of 2 to 2.5 mm (0.079 to 0.098 in) and a have a white aril. [2]
It is native to a small area in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia around Perenjori [3] in the Mount Mulgine area. It is often found on ridges, steep slopes and along rocky creek lines in gravelly sandy soils over quartz substrates as a part of shrubland commonunites where it is often associated with Acacia burkittii and Allocasuarina acutivalvis . [2]
Acacia fimbriata, commonly known as the fringed wattle or Brisbane golden wattle, is a species of Acacia that is native along much of the east coast of Australia.
Acacia anastomosa, also known as Carson River wattle, is a shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Juliflorae that is endemic to north western Australia.
Acacia effusifolia is a shrub or tree belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Juliflorae. It is native to an area in the Mid West and the Wheatbelt regions of Western Australia.
Acacia incognita, also known as false sugar brother, is a shrub or tree belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Juliflorae that is endemic to Western Australia.
Acacia latior is a shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Juliflorae that is endemic to western Australia.
Acacia limbata is a shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Juliflorae that is endemic across northern Australia.
Acacia lirellata is a shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Juliflorae that is endemic to south western Australia.
Acacia multispicata, commonly known as spiked wattle, is a shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Juliflorae that is endemic to south western Australia.
Acacia rhodophloia, commonly known as minni ritchi or western red mulga, is a tree or shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Juliflorae that is endemic to a large area of arid central western Australia. The Indigenous group the Kurrama peoples know the plant as mantaru.
Acacia sibina is a tree or shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Juliflorae the is endemic to parts of western Australia.
Acacia umbraculiformis, commonly known as western umbrella wattle, is a tree belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Juliflorae native to western Australia.
Acacia blaxellii, also known as Blaxell's wattle, is a shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Phyllodineae endemic to Western Australia.
Acacia spathulifolia commonly known as Gold carpet or the Gold carpet wattle is a shrub of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Phyllodineae that is endemic to coastal parts of western Australia.
Acacia ascendens is a shrub of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Plurinerves that is endemic to a small area in south western Australia.
Acacia graciliformis, also known as Koolanooka Delicate wattle, is a shrub of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Plurinerves that is endemic to a small area in western Australia.
Acacia cataractae is a shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Juliflorae that is native to northern Australia.
Acacia desmondii, also known as Des Nelson wattle is a shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Juliflorae that is native to central Australia. It is listed a vulnerable.
Acacia disparrima, also commonly known as southern salwood, is a shrub or tree belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Juliflorae that is native to north eastern Australia.
Acacia striatifolia is a shrub or tree belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Juliflorae that is native to north eastern Australia.
Acacia pycnostachya, also known as Bolivia wattle, is a shrub or tree belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Juliflorae that is native to eastern Australia.
