Acacia dictyoneura E.Pritz., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 35: 303 (1904)
Obconic shrub 0.7–1.5 m high. Branchlets sparingly appressed-puberulous, pilose or minutely so, viscid apically. Stipules persistent, narrowly triangular, 0.5- 1 mm long, thickened. Phyllodes erect, obliquely oval or elliptic, 6–15 mm long, 4–9 mm wide, unequal at base, undulate, mostly obtuse or truncate, mucronulate, coriaceous, glabrous or sparsely hairy on nerves and margins, glabrescent, with 2 or 3 raised, main nerves and reticulate inbetween. Inflorescences 1- (or 2-) headed racemes; raceme axes 2.5–6 mm long, sparingly appressed-puberulous to minutely pilose; peduncles 5–10 mm long, pubescent as axis; basal bract 1–1.5 mm long; heads globular to obloid, 5 mm diam. 45–60-flowered; bracteoles ovate to lanceolate, acuminate. Flowers 5-merous; sepals free. Pods narrowly oblong, to 3 cm long, 4–7 mm wide, villous. Seeds longitudinal, ovate, 3–3.5 mm long, brown; aril apical.
Known only from drainages of Pallinup and Fitzgerald Rivers as far N as Borden in south-western W.A. Grows in loamy or sandy soils.
Related to A. awestoniana .
Type of accepted name
Stirling district, near Cape Riche, W.A., [Sept. 1901], A.J.Moir ; iso: PERTH748420 (Fragment ex B).
Representative collections
W.A.: Fitzgerald R. area, Sept. 1971, H.E.Daniels s.n. (BRI, PERTH); Pallinup R., H.Demarz 9447 (PERTH); Borden, J.Goodwin 10 (PERTH); 12.5 km WNW of Chillilup Pool, K.Newbey 4266 (PERTH).
(RSC & BRM)
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