Acacia argutifolia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Caesalpinioideae
Tribus: Acacieae
Genus: Acacia
Species: Acacia argutifolia
Name

Acacia argutifolia Maslin, 1976
Synonyms

Racosperma argutifolium (Maslin) Pedley

Distribution
Native distribution areas:
Acacia argutifolia

Continental: Australasia
Regional: Australia
Western Australia

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Maslin, B.R., 1976. Nuytsia; Bulletin of the Western Australian Herbarium 2 (2): 98.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Acacia argutifolia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Jul 25. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Acacia argutifolia. Published online. Accessed: Jul 25 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Acacia argutifolia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Jul 25.
Hassler, M. Jul. Acacia argutifolia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. Jul. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: Jul 25 {{{3}}}. Reference page.

Vernacular names
English: East Barrens Wattle

Acacia argutifolia, commonly known as the East Barrens wattle,[1] is a shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Phyllodineae.

Description

The low and spreading intricately branched shrub typically grows to a height of 0.2 to 0.7 metres (1 to 2 ft). It blooms from July to December and produces yellow flowers.[2] The pungent phyllodes are mostly patent with a straight or shallowly recurved shape. They are trigonous-terete approximately 6 to 13 millimetres (0.24 to 0.51 in) in length and 1 mm (0.04 in) wide. The branchlets are puberulous to hirsutellous with 1.5 to 2 mm (0.06 to 0.08 in) long stipules.[3] The inflorescences are simple with one per axil. The peduncles are 5 to 7 mm (0.20 to 0.28 in) long, the heads are globular containing 23 to 25 flowers that are pale yellow to cream in colour. Seed pods are biconvex and shallowly constricted between seeds. The pods are approximately 4 cm (1.57 in) long and 2 to 4 mm (0.08 to 0.16 in) wide and red-brown to dark brown in colour. The shrub is similar to Acacia simulans.[3]
Distribution

It is native to a small area in the Fitzgerald River National Park in Great Southern regions of Western Australia.[2] It grows in shallow sand over quartzite among low open heath, shrubland and mallee communities.[3]
Classification

The species was first formally described by the botanist Bruce Maslin in 1976 as part of the work Studies in the genus Acacia (Mimosaceae) - Miscellaneous new phyllodinous species published in the journal Nuytsia. The only known synonym is Racosperma argutifolium as described by Leslie Pedley in 2003.[1]
See also

List of Acacia species

References

"Acacia argutifolia Maslin". Atlas of Living Australia. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
"Acacia argutifolia". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
"Acacia argutifolia Maslin, Nuytsia 2: 98; 97 fig. 1 (1976) East Barrens Wattle". World Wide Wattle. Government of Western Australia. Retrieved 9 April 2017.