| Boomerang wattle | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Caesalpinioideae |
| Clade: | Mimosoid clade |
| Genus: | Acacia |
| Species: | A. amoena
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| Binomial name | |
| Acacia amoena | |
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| Occurrence data from AVH | |
Acacia amoena, commonly known as boomerang wattle,[1][2] is a shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Phyllodineae that is native to parts of eastern Australia.
Description[edit]
The shrub has an erect to spreading habit and typically grows to a height of 0.5 to 3 m (1 ft 8 in to 9 ft 10 in) and has reddish brown branchlets. The linear phyllodes have an oblanceolate to elliptic shape and are straight or slightly curved with a length of 2 to 8.5 cm (0.79 to 3.35 in) and a width of 5 to 12 mm (0.20 to 0.47 in). It blooms between July and December and produces inflorescences with bright to pale yellow flowers.[3] The inflorescence occur as 6 to 21 racemes along an axis of 1 to 6.5 cm (0.39 to 2.56 in). The spherical flower heads contain six to twelve bright golden flower with dark brown bracteoles. After flowering dark brown to black linear seed pods form with a length of around 9 cm (3.5 in) and a width of 5 to 6 mm (0.20 to 0.24 in). The oblong to elliptic shaped seeds within have a length of 3.5 to 5 mm (0.14 to 0.20 in).[2]
Taxonomy[edit]
The species was first formally described by the botanist Heinrich Wendland in 1820 as part of the work Commentatio de Acaciis aphyllis. It is also often confused with Acacia rubida[4] The species belongs to the Acacia microbotrya group and is closely related to Acacia kydrensis and similar to Acacia chalkeri and Acacia rubida.[2]
Distribution[edit]
It is found along the Great Dividing Range in western parts of New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria where it is often a part of dry sclerophyll forest or open woodland communities[3] on rocky slopes and creek banks[2] growing in rocky soils.[3] The bulk of the population has a discontinuous distribution from around Walcha in the north down to the upper reaches of the Snowy River north-eastern Victoria.[2]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Acacia amoena Boomerang Wattle". Australian Plants Society NSW. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
- ^ a b c d e "Acacia amoena". World Wide Wattle. Western Australian Herbarium. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
- ^ a b c "Acacia amoena H.L.Wendl". PlantNet. Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
- ^ "Acacia amoena H.L.Wendl. (misapplied to Acacia rubida)". Atlas of Living Australia. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 1 March 2019.