Acacia enervia

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 enervia
Subspecies: A. e. subsp. explicata
Name

Acacia enervia Maiden & Blakely, 1927
Synonyms

Racosperma enervium (Maiden & Blakely) Pedley

Distribution
Native distribution areas:
References
Primary references

Maiden, J.H. & Blakely, W.F., 1927. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 13: 8.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Acacia enervia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Aug 02. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Acacia enervia. Published online. Accessed: Aug 02 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Acacia enervia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 02 Aug 2019.
Hassler, M. Aug. Acacia enervia. 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. Aug. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: Aug 02 {{{3}}}. Reference page.

Vernacular names

Acacia enervia is a shrub or tree of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Plurinerves that is endemic to an area of south western Australia.

Description

The shrub or tree typically grows to a height of 0.6 to 4 metres (2 to 13 ft)[1] and has a dense, rounded or obconic habit with glabrous and slightly angular branchlets. Like most species of Acacia it has phyllodes rather than true leaves. The evergreen, inclined to erect phyllodes are flat with a linear to narrowly oblanceolate shape and a length of 2 to 8.5 cm (0.79 to 3.35 in) and a width of 0.8 to 6 mm (0.031 to 0.236 in) with many closely parallel indistinct to distinct nerves.[2] It blooms from August to October and produces yellow flowers.[1]
Taxonomy

It is most closely related to Acacia lineolata and Acacia inceana which all belong to the Acacia enervia group of wattles.[2] There are two recognised subspecies:

Acacia enervia subsp. enervia
Acacia enervia subsp. explicata[2]

Distribution

It is native to an area in the Wheatbelt and Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia where it is commonly situated in salt marshes, flats and lakes and rocky hills usually growing in sandy or loamy soils and rarely in clay soils.[1] The distribution of the plant extends from Jibberding in the north west to around Lake Grace and Lake Magenta in the south east out to around Clear Streak Well in the east.[2]
See also

List of Acacia species

References

"Acacia enervia". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
"Acacia enervia". World Wide Wattle. Western Australian Herbarium. Retrieved 15 November 2020.