Acacia teretifolia Benth., London J. Bot . 1: 326 (1842)
Glabrous, multistemmed subshrub 0.2–0.5 m high. Branchlets normally slightly flexuose, finely ribbed, variably pruinose. Stipules spinose, 1.5–4 mm long, slender, straight or recurved. Phyllodes erect, terete to compressed, occasionally flat, 8–27 mm long, 0.7–1.5 mm wide, pungent with slender cusp, green to greyish green, minutely papillose over the very obscure 4 or 5 nerves, finely longitudinally sulcate when dry. Inflorescences simple, 1 or 2 per axil; peduncles 4–8 mm long; heads globular, 23–30-flowered, bright light golden. Flowers 5-merous; sepals free; petals nerveless. Pods narrowed at both ends, shallowly curved, terete, to 10 cm long, 3–3.5 mm wide, subwoody, red-brown. Seeds longitudinal, narrowly oblong, 4–5 mm long, dull, yellowish brown; aril terminal, conical.
Discontinuous from Mt Lesueur S through the Darling Ra. to Donnybrook, south-western W.A. Commonly grows on laterite or sand over laterite in Jarrah ( Eucalyptus marginata ), Marri ( Corymbia calophylla ) or Wandoo ( E. wandoo ) woodland or forest. Around Mt Lesueur it occurs in heath while in the Darling Ra. near Perth it may occur in sandy clay around granite outcrops.
Type of accepted name
Swan R., W.A., J.Drummond s.n. ; holo: K.
Illustration
F.J.H. von Mueller, Icongr. Austral. Acacia dec. 1 (1887).
Representative collections
W.A.: Swan R., J.Drummond (2:) 140 (BM, CGE, E, G, OXF, MEL, NSW, P, PERTH, W); 4 km ENE of Mt Lesueur, NE of Jurien, E.A.Griffin 2479 (PERTH); 19 km W of Donnybrook on the road to Capel, B.R.Maslin 452 (PERTH).
(BRM)
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