Acacia flavipila

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 flavipila
Varieties: A. flavipila var. flavipila - A. flavipila var. ovalis
Name

Acacia flavipila A.S.George
References

W. Austral. Naturalist 10: 32. 1966

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

Description

The spreading shrub typically grows to a height of 0.5 to 2 metres (2 to 7 ft)[1] and has branchlets that are densely covered in golden coloured hairs that are more white on young shoots. The branchlets also have persistent stipules that are about 1 mm (0.039 in) in length. Like most species of Acacia it has phyllodes rather than true leaves. The evergreen phyllodes have an elliptic to oblong-elliptic or oblanceolate shape and are usually inequilateral with a length of 10 to 22 mm (0.39 to 0.87 in) and a width of 3 to 9 mm (0.12 to 0.35 in) and two or three main nerves.[2] It blooms from May to September and produces yellow flowers.[1]
Taxonomy

There are two recognised varieties of the species:

Acacia flavipila var. flavipila
Acacia flavipila var. ovalis[2]

Distribution

It is native to an area in the Wheatbelt and Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia where it is commonly situated on undulating plains growing sandy or clay-loam soils.[1] It has a scattered distribution from around Cadoux in the north west down to around Dunn Swamp about 100 km (62 mi) north of Raventhorpe in the south east.[2]
See also

List of Acacia species

References

"Acacia flavipila". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
"Acacia flavipila". World Wide Wattle. Western Australian Herbarium. Retrieved 16 November 2020.