Acacia linarioides Benth., London J. Bot. 1: 371 (1842)
Spreading, slightly resinous shrub to 2.5 m high. Bark smooth, dark grey. Branchlets angular, glabrous or sparsely villous. Phyllodes crowded, linear, straight, flat, 1–3.5 cm long, 0.4–2 mm wide, glabrous or sparsely pubescent, with 1 prominent central nerve, sometimes with 2 obscure, subprominent nerves; gland 1, basal, minute, 1.5–4 mm above pulvinus. Spikes mostly single in axils, 2–4.3 cm long, interrupted, golden. Flowers 5-merous; calyx c. 0.2–0.3 mm long, with free, slender, glabrous sepals; corolla c. 1–1.2 mm long, dissected to 1/3–1/2, apically swollen, glabrous; ovary glabrous. Pods constricted between and raised over seeds, often curved or twisted, 3.5–10 cm long, 1.5–3 mm wide. Seeds longitudinal, narrowly oblong-elliptic, 2.3–2.8 mm long, brownish black; areole closed.
Occurs in the N.T., N of 17S and on some islands in the Gulf of Carpentaria. Grows usually in sandstone derived soils, on plateaux or in crevices, among rocks and crevices, and in sand beside creeks. Flowers Jan.–July.
The pods of A. linarioides are linear and constricted as in A. gracilenta .
Type of accepted name
Australia, F.Bauer ; holo: K n.v.
Illustration
J.Brock, Top End Native Pl. 66 (1988).
Representative collections
N.T.: 2 miles [3.2 km] W of South Alligator R., Moline Rd, N.Byrnes 1330 (NSW, NT); Deaf Adder Gorge, R.E.Fox 2508 (CANB, DNA, NSW, NT); c. 26 miles [42 km] E of Oenpelli Mission, M.Lazarides 7756 (CANB, NSW); c. 48 miles [77 km] ENE of Pine Creek Township, M.Lazarides 186 & L.Adams (B, BRI, CANB, CHR, E, K, L, MEL, NSW, NT, P, US).
(NSW)
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