Acacia nana
Acacia nana, also known as the small red-leaved wattle,[1] is a shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Phyllodineae where it is endemic to eastern Australia.
| Small red-leaved wattle | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Clade: | Mimosoideae |
| Genus: | Acacia |
| Species: | A. nana |
| Binomial name | |
| Acacia nana J.Williams | |
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| Occurrence data from AVH | |
Description
The shrub typically grows to a height of 0.2 to 2 m (7.9 in to 6 ft 6.7 in) and has reddish to brown branchlets that are usually hairy. Like most species of Acacia it has phyllodes rather than true leaves. The evergreen phyllodes have a straight narrowly elliptic to oblanceolate shaped phyllodes with an excentric mucro. The glabrous to sub-glabrous phyllodes are 3 to 8 cm (1.2 to 3.1 in) in length and 7 to 6 mm (0.28 to 0.24 in) wide with a single nerve per face and age to a red colour. It has racemose inflorescences with spherical flower-heads that conatin 7 to 12 golden coloured flowers. Following flowering it produces chartaceous and glabrous seed pods that have a narrowly oblong to linear shape with a length of around 4 cm (1.6 in) and a width of 4 to 6 mm (0.16 to 0.24 in). The dark brown seeds inside have an elliptic shape and a length of about 4 mm (0.16 in).[2]
Distribution
It is native to a disjunct area in the northern and central tablelands of New South Wales.[2] The northern most populations are found around Longford and Ebor and the southern populations are in the western Blue Mountains around Capetree and Cullen Bullen.[2]
See also
References
- "Acacia nana". PlantNet. Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
- "Acacia nana". World Wide Wattle. Western Australian Herbarium. Retrieved 29 May 2019.