Acacia sporadica

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 sporadica
Name

Acacia sporadica N.G.Walsh
References

Muelleria 19: 3 (-6; fig. 1c-d). 2004

Acacia sporadica, also commonly known as the pale hickory wattle,[1] is a shrub of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Phyllodineae that is native to a small area in Victoria

Description

The root suckering shrub typically grows to a height of around 3 m (9.8 ft) and has glabrous branchlets. Like most species of Acacia it has phyllodes rather than true leaves. The evergreen blue-green and glabrous phyllodes have an asymmetric obovate to oblanceolate shape that can sometimes be almost elliptic. The phyllodes have a length of 2.5 to 6.5 cm (0.98 to 2.56 in) and a width of 7 to 32 mm (0.28 to 1.26 in) and have a prominent midrib and marginal nerves.[2]
Taxonomy

The species was first formally described by the botanist Neville Walsh in 2004 as part of the work Two new wattles endemic to Victoria as published in the journal Muelleria.[1][3]
Distribution

It has a disjunct distribution from around the Howqua River, and Carboor East and in areas close to Taradale where it is often situated on rocky hills as a part of woodlands or Eucalyptus forest communities.[2]
See also

List of Acacia species

References

"Acacia sporadica N.G.Walsh Pale Hickory-Wattle". Atlas of Living Australia. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
"Acacia sporadica N.G.Walsh". Wattle - Acacias of Australia. Lucid Central. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
N.G. Walsh (2004). "Two new wattles endemic to Victoria" (PDF). Muelleria. 19: 3–8. ISSN 0077-1813. Wikidata Q103967128.