Acacia forrestiana E.Pritz., Bot. Jahrb. Syst . 35: 298 (1904)
Erect shrub 0.4–1 m high. Branchlets pubescent. Stipules setaceous, 3–6 mm long, erect. Phyllodes somewhat crowded, ascending to erect, obtriangular, 10–20 mm long, 5–10 mm wide, laterally acuminate-pungent, coriaceous, pubescent to shortly pilose; midrib intersecting middle of the truncate or concave between gland and cusp. Inflorescences simple, 1 per axil; peduncles 9–13 mm long, recurved following anthesis, pubescent; heads globular, 15–20-flowered, pale yellow; bracteoles acuminate, narrow, exserted in buds. Sepals absent; petals 5, 1-nerved. Pods (1 dehisced valve seen) oblong, flat, 15 mm long, 6 mm wide, coriaceous, red-brown, longitudinally striate, puberulous-hirtellous. Seeds not seen.
Restricted to the Hill R. district, south-western W.A. Gazetted a rare species in W.A. Grows in often rocky or lateritic clay loam on slopes of gullies in heath and/or low woodland. Flowers during summer.
The more southerly distributed A. huegelii differs by its dimidiate phyllodes.
Type of accepted name
Near Dandaragan, W.A., 3 Dec. 1901, L.Diels 5761 ; iso: PERTH (Fragment ex B).
Representative collections
W.A.: Hill R. district, [precise localities withheld for conservation reasons], E.A.Griffin 2595 (PERTH); S.D.Hopper 6332 (K, PERTH).
(BRM)
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