''Acacia carnosula'' 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'' that is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

to an area along the south coast of Western Australia. The spreading domed shrub typically grows to a height of . It has glabrous branchlets that have a rough surface of bark shedding into irregular flakes. The ascending to erect

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 obovate to oblanceolate shape with a length of and a width of . The simple

inflorescence An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Morphologically, it is the modified part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed o ...

s occur singly or as pairs per axil. The spherical flower-heads have a diameter of around and contain 9 to 11 light golden flowers. The linear

seed pod This page provides a glossary of plant morphology. Botanists and other biologists who study plant morphology use a number of different terms to classify and identify plant organs and parts that can be observed using no more than a handheld magnify ...

s that form after flowering are slightly constricted between the seeds. The dark red-brown pods have a length of and a width of . It blooms from July to October and produces yellow flowers. It is native to an area along the south coast of the Goldfields-Esperance region of

Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...

east of Cape Arid into the western parts of the Nullarbor Plain, where it is found on dunes and

limestone Limestone ( calcium carbonate ) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of . Limestone forms whe ...

rises growing in sandy to clay-loamy soils. The range is mostly between Caiguna and Cocklebiddy, with one population near

Israelite Bay Israelite Bay is a bay and locality on the south coast of Western Australia. Situated in the Shire of Esperance local government area, it lies east of Esperance and the Cape Arid National Park, within the Nuytsland Nature Reserve and the Grea ...

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q9563149 carnosula Acacias of Western Australia Plants described in 1999 Taxa named by Bruce Maslin

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