''Acacia camptoclada'' 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'' endemic to arid parts of Western Australia. The low spreading to erect shrub typically grows to a height of . It has slightly sticky and polished branchlets with easily detached stipules. The crowded, ascending to erect glaucous green

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 have an asymmetrical oblanceolate to narrowly oblong shape. It blooms from August to October and produces yellow flowers. The inflorescences occur in groups of two to five and have showy spherical heads containing 15 to 21 golden flowers. The seed pods that form after flowering are coiled with a width of and contain ovate to elliptic shaped shiny black seeds with a length of around . The shrub belongs to the '' Acacia prainii'' group and is closely related to ''

Acacia dorsenna ''Acacia dorsenna'' is a shrub belonging to the genus ''Acacia'' and the subgenus ''Phyllodineae'' that is endemic to Western Australia. The dense domed shrub typically grows to a height of and wide. The smooth dull green phyllodes have an el ...

'' and ''Acacia prainii''. It is native to an area in the eastern Wheatbelt and Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia where it is found in low-lying areas, on sandplains and dunes growing in sandy or clay soils. The range extends from Newdegate in the west to around Balladonia in the east and is often part of mallee or '' Eucalyptus'' woodland communities.

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q15289409 camptoclada Acacias of Western Australia Plants described in 1904 Taxa named by Cecil Rollo Payton Andrews

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