Acacia nyssophylla

Acacia nyssophylla is a shrub of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Plurinerves. It is native to an area in the Wheatbelt and Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia,[1] through South Australia to extreme north-western Victoria, and north from South Australia to near Alice Springs in the Northern Territory, to Western New South Wales near Bourke.[2]

Acacia nyssophylla
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Clade: Mimosoideae
Genus: Acacia
Species:
A. nyssophylla
Binomial name
Acacia nyssophylla
Occurrence data from AVH

The intricate prickly shrub typically grows to a height of 0.5 to 3 metres (2 to 10 ft). It blooms from July to October and produces yellow flowers.

Taxonomy

It was first described by Ferdinand von Mueller in 1863 from a specimen collected by Babbage near Lake Gairdner in South Australia.[3][4]

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See also

References
  1. "Acacia nyssophylla". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  2. Cowan, R.S. (2020). "Acacia nyssophylla". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, Canberra. Retrieved 2020-02-27.
  3. "Acacia nyssophylla". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  4. Mueller, F.J.H. von (1863). "Acacia nyssophylla". Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae. 4 (24): 4.
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