Acacia lanuginophylla R.S.Cowan & Maslin, Nuytsia 7: 194 (1990)
Woolly Wattle
Dense to open, domed, erect or spreading shrub 0.5–1.2 m high. Branchlets densely white-woolly. New shoots yellow-green. Phyllodes narrowly elliptic to narrowly oblong-oblanceolate, 1.5–4 cm long, 3.5–10 mm wide, greyish green, densely woolly, with 3 main longitudinal nerves and with prominent, longitudinally anastomosing secondary nerves inbetween, the venation obscured by indumentum; gland 2–6 mm above pulvinus. Inflorescences simple, 1 per axil; peduncles 2–4 mm long, woolly; basal bract persistent; heads globular, 5–7 mm diam., 30–32-flowered, golden; bracteoles stipitate, ovate, short-acuminate, exserted in bud. Flowers 5-merous; sepals free. Pods oblong, to 2.5 cm long, 6–7 mm wide, thinly crustaceous, densely woolly. Seeds elliptic, 3 mm long, tan; aril subapical.
Known only from near L. Biddy (N of Newdegate), near L. Lockhart (c. 30 km S of L. Biddy) and the type collection area c. 120 km NE of L. Biddy, south-western W.A. Gazetted a rare species in W.A. Normally grows in slightly saline sand over clay along drainage channels, in low open scrub.
A member of the ‘ A. flavipila group’ related to A. cassicula . It is very distinctive on account of its dense, woolly indumentum.
Type of accepted name
Between Southern Cross and Ravensthorpe, [c. 120 km NE of Lake Biddy, precise locality withheld for conservation reasons], W.A., Sept 1929, C.A.Gardner 2046a ; holo: PERTH; iso: BRI, CANB, K, MEL, MO, NSW.
Synonymy
Acacia lanuginophylla is based on the following: Acacia lanuginosa C.A.Gardner, Hooker’s Icon. Pl . ser. 5, 4: t. 3379 (1939), non hort. ex Regel, Gartenflora 3: 155 (1854). Type: as for accepted name.
Representative collections
W.A.: near L. Biddy [precise locality withheld for conservation reasons], B.R.Maslin 6359 (CANB, K, MEL, NSW, Z); P.G.Wilson 7167 (K, MEL, MO, PERTH).
(RSC & BRM)
The information presented here originally appeared on the WATTLE CD-ROM which was jointly published by the Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra, and the Department of Parks and Wildlife, Perth; it was produced by CSIRO Publishing from where it is available for purchase. The WATTLE custodians are thanked for allowing us to post this information here.
