Acacia pritzeliana

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 pritzeliana
Name

Acacia pritzeliana C.A.Gardner
References

Hooker's Icon. Pl. 34: t. 3380. 1939 [Mar 1939]

Acacia pritzeliana is a shrub of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Phyllodineae that is endemic to south western Australia.

Description

The open shrub typically grows to a height of 0.2 to 0.9 metres (0.7 to 3.0 ft).[1] It has light grey and scarred branches and hairy branchlets with spinose stipules that have a length of around 2 mm (0.079 in). Like most species of Acacia it has phyllodes rather than true leaves. The crowded, rigid, pungent and evergreen phyllodes have a length of 4 to 10 mm (0.16 to 0.39 in) and a width of 1 to 2 mm (0.039 to 0.079 in) and are usually narrower near the apex with nerves that are rarely evident.[2] It blooms from April to June and produces yellow flowers.[1]
Distribution

It is native to an area in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia from south of Coolgardie in the north down to around Esperance in the south where it is commonly situated on flats and plains growing in sandy, clay or loamy soils.[1] The distribution of the shrub extends as far as Cape Arid National Park in the east. It is mostly found as a part of Eucalyptus woodland or open shrubland communities.[2]
See also

List of Acacia species

References

"Acacia pritzeliana". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
"Acacia pritzeliana C.A.Gardner". Wattle - Acacias of Australia. Lucid Central. 26 July 2020.