''Acacia argutifolia'', commonly known as the East Barrens wattle,
is a shrub belonging to the genus ''
Acacia
''Acacia'', commonly known as the wattles or acacias, is a large genus of shrubs and trees in the subfamily Mimosoideae of the pea family Fabaceae. Initially, it comprised a group of plant species native to Africa and Australasia. The genus na ...
'' and the subgenus ''Phyllodineae''.
Description
The low and spreading intricately branched shrub typically grows to a height of . It blooms from July to December and produces yellow flowers.
[ The pungent ]phyllode
Phyllodes are modified petioles or leaf stems, which are leaf-like in appearance and function. In some plants, these become flattened and widened, while the leaf itself becomes reduced or vanishes altogether. Thus the phyllode comes to serve the ...
s are mostly patent with a straight or shallowly recurved shape. They are trigonous-terete approximately in length and wide. The branchlets are puberulous to hirsutellous with long stipules.[
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Distribution
It is native to a small area in the Fitzgerald River National Park in Great Southern regions of Western Australia.[
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Classification
The species was first formally described by the botanist
Botany, also called , plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist or phytologist is a scientist who specialises in this field. The term "botany" comes from the Ancient Greek wo ...
Bruce Maslin in 1976 as part of the work ''Studies in the genus Acacia (Mimosaceae) - Miscellaneous new phyllodinous species'' published in the journal '' Nuytsia''. The only known synonym is ''Racosperma argutifolium'' as described by Leslie Pedley in 2003.[
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See also
* List of ''Acacia'' species
References
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argutifolia
Acacias of Western Australia
Plants described in 1976
Taxa named by Bruce Maslin