Acacia chrysochaeta

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 chrysochaeta
Name

Acacia chrysochaeta Maslin
References

Nuytsia 4(3): 367 (1983).

Acacia chrysochaeta is a shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Juliflorae that is endemic to a small area of north western Australia.

Description

The shrub is slender and erect typically growing to a height of 1.3 metres (4 ft)[1] with a spindly habit. It has terete, finely veined and densely haired branchlets that are mostly brown but quite yellowish towards the apices. Like most species of Acacia it has phyllodes rather than true leaves. The flat, linear and evergreen phyllodes are pressed closely to the stems and have a length of 2 to 4.5 cm (0.79 to 1.77 in) and a width of 1 to 3 mm (0.039 to 0.118 in). The phyllodes have 1 to 3 mm (0.039 to 0.118 in) long seta that are softy puberulous and have one prominent main vein with multiple parallel minor veins.[2] It blooms between May and June or in October to November producing yellow flowers.[1] The cylindrical flower-spikes have a length of 2.5 to 3 cm (0.98 to 1.18 in) and are densely packed with golden flowers. The narrowly oblong seed pods that form after flowering have fairly straight sides and are straight to slightly curved with a length of 4.5 to 6 cm (1.8 to 2.4 in) and covered with matted golden wooly hairs that age to a white colour. The black seeds inside are arranged obliquely and have an oblong shape with a length of 4 to 4.5 mm (0.16 to 0.18 in).[2]
Distribution

It is native to an area of the Kimberley region of Western Australia.[1] The shrub grows in sandy alluvium especially along watercourses[1] in remote areas from around the Gibb River to around Karungie Station as a part of open Eucalyptus savannah communities.[2]
See also

List of Acacia species

References

"Acacia chrysochaeta". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
"Acacia chrysochaeta". WorldWideWattle. Western Australian Herbarium. Retrieved 27 March 2020.