| Hairy sandstone 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. anserina
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| Binomial name | |
| Acacia anserina | |
Acacia anserina, also known as hairy sandstone wattle,[1] is a shrub of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Plurinerves. It is native to a small area in the Kimberley region of Western Australia.[2]
Description[edit]
The shrub typically grows to a height of around 1 m (3 ft 3 in) and has an erect, openly branched habit. It has ribbed branchlets that are densely hairy and has persistent stipules that are 1 to 1.5 mm (0.039 to 0.059 in) in length. Like most species of Acacia it has phyllodes rather than true leaves. The evergreen dimidiate phyllodes have a widely elliptic or occasionally widely obovate shape with a rounded upper margin and a more or less straight lower margin. The hairy phyllodes are 3 to 6 mm (0.12 to 0.24 in) in length and 2.5 to 4 mm (0.098 to 0.157 in) wide and have many longitudinal indistinct nerves.[1] When it blooms it produces simple inflorescences with spherical flower-heads containing 17 to 25 light golden coloured flowers. Following flowering flat and narrowly oblong red-brown seed pods form that are 4 to 5 mm (0.16 to 0.20 in) in length.[1]
Taxonomy[edit]
The species was first formally described by the botanists Bruce Maslin, Matthew David Barrett and Russell Lindsay Barrett in 2013 as part of the work A baker's dozen of new wattles highlights significant Acacia (Fabaceae: Mimosoideae) diversity and endemism in the north-west Kimberley region of Western Australia as published in the journal Nuytsia.[3]
Distribution[edit]
It is confined to a small area in the Princess May Range on gentle slopes under sandstone ridges among a fire-protected pocket of dense vegetation in the west Kimberley.[1]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d "Acacia anserina Maslin, M.D.Barrett & R.L.Barrett". Wattle - Acacias of Australia. Lucid Central. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
- ^ "Acacia anserina". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ "Acacia anserina Maslin, M.D.Barrett & R.L.Barrett". Atlas of Living Australia. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 5 October 2020.