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]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Clade: | Mimosoideae |
| Genus: | Acacia |
| Species: | A. nyssophylla |
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| 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]
See also
References
- "Acacia nyssophylla". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
- 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.
- "Acacia nyssophylla". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
- Mueller, F.J.H. von (1863). "Acacia nyssophylla". Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae. 4 (24): 4.
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