Acacia notabilis

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 notabilis
Name

Acacia notabilis F.Muell.
Synonyms

Racosperma notabile (F.Muell.) Pedley

Distribution
Native distribution areas:
Acacia notabilis

Continental: Australasia
Regional: Australia
New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria
Introduced into:
India

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

Mueller, F.v. 1858–1859. Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae. Vol. 1. 252 pp. J. Ferres, Melbourne. BHL Reference page. : 1:6.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Acacia notabilis in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Aug 11. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Acacia notabilis. Published online. Accessed: Aug 11 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Acacia notabilis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 11 Aug 2019.
Catalogue of Life: 2021 Annual Checklist
Acacia notabilis – Taxon details on World Wide Wattle.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Acacia notabilis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names
English: Flinders Wattle, Notable Wattle, Stiff Golden Wattle

Acacia notabilis, known colloquially as mallee golden wattle, Flinders wattle[1] or stiff golden wattle,[2] is a species of Acacia native to Australia.

Description

It typically grows to a height of 3 to 5 m (9.8 to 16.4 ft) and has a tall and spreading habit. It has smooth reddish-brown coloured bark and spreading, almost terete and glabrous branches. Like most species of Acacia it has phyllodes rather than true leaves. The thick, flat and rigid grey to green phyllodes have a length of up to 15 cm (5.9 in) and a width of around 25 mm (0.98 in) with an oblong-lanceolate shape that is straight or curved. They have a prominent mid-vein with many fine lateral veins and thickened margins. It blooms between July and October producing short flower-spikes located in axillary racemes composed spherical flower-heads made up of 4 to 16 deep yellow flowers. Following flowering brown seed pods form that have a narrowly oblong shape with a length of up to 7 cm (2.8 in) and a width of around 10 mm (0.39 in) and contain hard back ovoid shaped seeds with a length of 6 mm (0.24 in) and a width of 4 mm (0.16 in).[2]
Taxonomy

The species was first formally described by the botanist Ferdinand von Mueller in 1858 as part of the work Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae. It was reclassified by Leslie Pedley in 2003 as Racosperma notabile but transferred back to genus Acacia in 2014.[3] It is related to Acacia beckleri.[1]
Distribution

The shrub is native to the Broken Hill district of arid far western New South Wales as well as Victoria and South Australia.[1] The bulk of the population is found in South Australia where the shrub is considered to be quite common. In South Australia it is found on the Eyre Peninsula, the Flinders Ranges, the Mount Lofty Ranges and the Yorke Peninsula as well as more arid areas inland. It is usually found growing in hard and shallow calcareous, alkaline, red or brown coloured duplex soils as a part of low woodland or open scrubland communities.[2]
See also

List of Acacia species

References

Harden, Gwen J. (1990). "Acacia notabilis F.Muell". Plantnet - New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
"Acacia notabilis (Leguminosae) Stiff Golden Wattle". Seeds of South Australia. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
"Acacia notabilis F.Muell". Atlas of Living Australia. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 15 July 2020.