Acacia everistii Pedley, Austrobaileya 1: 279 (1980)
Sparingly branched shrub to 3 (- 5) m high, closely allied to A. jucunda but differing mainly in the following ways. Branchlets and phyllodes usually glabrous and sometimes not pruinose. Gland prominent but not or scarcely exserted beyond margin, 5–22 mm above pulvinus. Raceme axes and peduncles glabrous.
An uncommon species occurring from near Brovinia NW to the Expedition Ra. on the Blackdown Tableland, Qld. Grows in sand or sandy loam on sandstone, in Eucalyptus forest or open woodland.
Occasional specimens from the Blackdown Tableland have shorter than normal racemes, fide L.Pedley, loc. cit. (e.g. R.J.Henderson 930 et al. , BRI, NSW). Gland position suggests that M.E.Ballingall 2128 is A. everistii , however, this specimen is unusual in having sparsely hirtellous branchlets (hair length similar to the type of A. jucunda ) and in being more conspicuously pruinose than most other collections of this species.
In the field A. everistii and A. jucunda are rarely confused because A. jucunda is normally a larger, much more branched plant usually found in finer textured soils, fide L.Pedley, loc. cit.
Also related to A. semirigida .
Type of accepted name
13 miles [21 km] from Cracow on Taroom road, Qld, 10 Aug. 1962, R.W.Johnson 2488 & S.L.Everist ; holo: BRI.
Synonymy
Racosperma everistii (Pedley) Pedley, Austrobaileya 2: 348 (1987). Type: as for accepted name.
Representative collections
Qld: 13.9 km N of Auburn Stn on Eidsvold road., M.E.Ballingall 2128 (BRI, PERTH); 14 km by road NE of Monogoorilby towards Mundaberra, R.Coveny 6829 & P.Hind (A n.v ., AD n.v ., BRI, K n.v ., CANB n.v ., L n.v ., MEL n.v ., NSW, PERTH, UC n.v ., US n.v. ); 33.7 km SE of Bedourie, N.H.Speck 1853 (BRI, CANB n.v ., NSW); Expedition Ra., Blackdown Tableland, near top of Rainbow Falls, I.R.Telford 5687 (BRI).
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