Acacia tenuior Maiden, J. & Proc. Roy. Soc. New South Wales 53: 186; pl. 10, figs 9–17 (1920)
Shrub c. 2 m tall. Branchlets terete, rather prominently ribbed, appressed-puberulous, aging glabrous.. Phyllodes filiform, straight to slightly incurved, terete to subterete (quadrangular near base), 8–14 cm long, 0.8–1 mm diam., acuminate and slightly curved at apex, flexible, antrorsely appressed-puberulous especially near base and apex, aging glabrous, with 8 distant nerves separated by deep grooves between them. Inflorescences simple, 1 or 2 per axil; peduncles 6–15 mm long, sparsely to densely appressed-puberulous, glabrous in fruit; heads globular, 25–30-flowered; bracteoles spathulate, acute, puberulous. Flowers 5-merous; sepals free, linear-spathulate; petals united. Pods linear to narrowly oblong, to 10 cm long, 6–8 mm wide, coriaceous, flat, sparsely appressed-puberulous, aging glabrous. Seeds (slightly immature) longitudinal in pod, arillate.
An apparently rare species known from only a few localities in far north-western S.A.
Closely related to A. dolichophylla .
Type of accepted name
Musgrave Ra., S.A., 1903, H.Basedow 254 ; holo: NSW; iso: NSW, PERTH.
Illustration
J.H.Maiden, loc. cit.
Representative collection
S.A.: Mt Woodroffe, 21 Oct. 1994, P.J.Lang et al . (AD, PERTH)
(RSC)
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