Acacia mountfordiae

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 mountfordiae
Name

Acacia mountfordiae Specht
Synonyms

Racosperma mountfordiae (Specht) Pedley

Distribution
Native distribution areas:
Acacia mountfordiae

Continental: Australasia
Regional: Australia
Northern Territory

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

Specht, R.L. in R. L. Specht & C. P. Mountford, 1958. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land. 3. Botany and Plant Ecology 3:233, fig. 5. "mountfordae"

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Acacia mountfordiae in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Aug 08. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Acacia mountfordiae. Published online. Accessed: Aug 08 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Acacia mountfordiae. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 08 Aug 2019.
Catalogue of Life: 2021 Annual Checklist
Acacia mountfordiae – Taxon details on World Wide Wattle.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Acacia mountfordiae in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names
English: Mallee Wattle

Acacia mountfordiae, commonly known as Mountford's wattle,[1] is a shrub or tree belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Juliflorae that is native to north Australia.

Description

The shrub or tree typically grows to a maximum height of 4 m (13 ft) and has multiple stems covered in a powdery white coating. It has dark grey coloured bark that is quite fibrous. The glabrous light brown branchlets are terete except for near the apices. Like most species of Acacia it has phyllodes rather than true leaves. The glabrous, coriaceous, flat and straight or slightly curved evergreen phyllodes have a semilunate shape with a length of 2.5 to 5.5 cm (0.98 to 2.17 in) and a width of 10 to 22 mm (0.39 to 0.87 in). The grey-green phyllodes have two to five indistinct main veins with six to eight fine veins per millimetre. It blooms between June and September producing golden flowers. The cylindrical flower-spikes have a length of 3 to 4.5 cm (1.2 to 1.8 in) packed with golden coloured flowers. The glabrous and thickly coriaceous seed pods that form after flowering have a curved narrowly oblong shape with the seeds arranged obliquely inside. The black seeds have a length of around 3 mm (0.12 in) with an open pale areole and a terminal aril.[2]
Distribution

It is endemic to the a small area of the Northern Territory where it has a limited distribution around the Oenpelli Mission where it is commonly situated on top of or at the base of sandstone escarpments growing in skeletal sandy soils.[2]
Cultivation

The plant is sold commercially and is noted for its handsome weeping grey-green foliage contrasting with the bright golden flowers. It is drought tolerant, bird attracting and useful as a screening or filler plant.[1]
See also

List of Acacia species

References

"Acacia mountfordiae (Mountford's wattle)". Territory Native Plants. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
"Acacia mountfordiae". WorldWideWattle. Western Australian Herbarium. Retrieved 22 November 2019.