''Acacia claviseta'', also known as the club-tipped whorled 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 ''Lycopodiifoliae'' that is
endemic to north western
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
.
Description
The slightly viscid shrub typically grows to a height of and has an erect habit with many branches. The densely woolly yellow to white haired branchlets have setose
stipules with a length of . Like most species of ''Acacia'' it has
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 rather than true leaves. The evergreen phyllodes occur in crowded whorls of 9 to 15. The erect to ascending phyllodes are in length and wide and are terete to more or less flat, well haired and have longitudinal nerves that are not visible. It blooms between February and March and July and August producing yellow flowers.
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Distribution
It is native to an area in the Northern Territory and the eastern Kimberley
Kimberly or Kimberley may refer to:
Places and historical events
Australia
* Kimberley (Western Australia)
** Roman Catholic Diocese of Kimberley
* Kimberley Warm Springs, Tasmania
* Kimberley, Tasmania a small town
* County of Kimberley, a ...
region of Western Australia.Bedford Downs Station
Bedford Downs, or Bedford Downs Station, is a pastoral lease that operates as a cattle station in Western Australia.
It is situated about west of Warmun and north of Halls Creek in the Kimberley region.
Both the station and nearby Mount B ...
, Osmond Range and around Pompeys Pillar to the north of Warmun in Western Australia with its range extending east to scattered populations in the Keep River National Park in the Northern Territory around to the north east. It is mostly situated on scree slopes, sand flats, sandstone ridges and sandy lenses among sandstone boulders in scrubland communities.[
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See also
* List of ''Acacia'' species
References
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claviseta
Acacias of Western Australia
Plants described in 2013
Taxa named by Bruce Maslin
Taxa named by Russell Lindsay Barrett
Taxa named by Matthew David Barrett