Acacia inops Maiden & Blakely, J. & Proc. Roy. Soc. W. Australia 13: 4; pl. 3, figs 6–11 (1928)
Scrambling shrub with weak, filiform branches. Branchlets green, glabrous, infrequently subglabrous. Stipules 1–2 mm long. Phyllodes rather distant, sessile, narrowly triangular, deflexed, 5–7 mm long, 0.5–1 mm wide, with unequal base, pungent, glabrous; midrib central; lateral nerves absent; gland on a short, blunt spur near base of phyllode. Inflorescences simple, 1 per axil; peduncles 3–5 mm long, slender, glabrous; heads globular, 5–9-flowered, cream to white. Flowers 4-merous; sepals 1/4–1/2-united, with lobes triangular. Pods and seeds not seen.
Restricted to near Margaret R., south-western W.A. Grows along watercourses and in swamps.
Distinguished from other members of the ‘ A. horridula group’ by its very weak, filiform branches and narrow, deflexed phyllodes and, except A. hastulata , glabrous peduncles fide B.R. Maslin, Nuytsia 2: 277 (1978). The unusual habit of this species is sometimes found in A. uliginosa .
Type of accepted name
Karridale-Vasse, W.A., Oct. 1898, A.Lea ; holo: NSW; iso: K, MEL, PERTH.
Illustrations
J.H.Maiden & W.F.Blakely, J. & Proc. Roy. Soc. W. Australia 13: pl. 3, figs 6–11 (1928); B.R.Maslin, Nuytsia 2: 276, fig. 4 (1978).
Representative collections
W.A.: Osmington, Margaret R. district, R.D.Royce 3913 (CANB, MEL, PERTH).
(BRM)
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