Acacia nesophila Pedley, Contr. Queensland Herb. 15: 12 (1974)
Shrub to 3.5 m high. Bark smooth, grey. Branchlets angular, rather coarse, minutely tomentose. Phyllodes obliquely elliptic to narrowly elliptic, 7–13 cm long, 20–55 mm wide, broadly rounded apically and apiculate, thick, scurfy, minutely tomentose or sometimes glabrous, with 3–5 prominent main veins (the lower 2 often confluent with each other almost at base), the minor veins 3–4 per mm, strongly anastomosing, the interstices narrowly oblong; gland 1, basal, to 1 mm above pulvinus. Spikes 3–4 cm long. Flowers 5-merous; calyx c. 1 mm long, cupular, slightly lobed, slightly pubescent except lobes; corolla c. 1.4 mm long, dissected to 1/2, later free, papillose on margins; ovary densely pubescent. Pods linear, raised over and shallowly constricted between seeds, curved, 5–6 cm long, puberulous. Seeds longitudinal, oblong to subglobular, 3.5–4.5 mm long, black.
Occurs in north-eastern Qld from Cape York Penin. to near Townsville, on Atherton Tableland and offshore islands. Grows in shallow, rocky soils in eucalypt woodland on ridges and hillsides. Flowering irregular.
Allied to A. holosericea and A. pellita but can be distinguished from them by its phyllodes which have main longitudinal veins that are not concurrent with the margin near the base and by its almost glabrous flowers.
Type of accepted name
Cook DistricType: near Irvinebank, c. 10 miles [16 km] W of Herberton, Qld, Apr. 1967, L.Pedley 2319 ; holo: BRI.
Synonymy
Racosperma nesophilum (Pedley) Pedley, Austrobaileya 2: 353 (1987). Type: as for accepted name.
Representative collections
Qld: 14.2 km SSW of Palmer R., R.Coveny 6975 & P.Hind (BRI, NSW); 19.2 km W of Irvinebank, L.Pedley 1923 (BRI, NSW); 4 km W of Petford on Lappa road, A.N.Rodd 4510 & M.Hardie (BRI, NSW).
(NSW)
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