Acacia Hemsleyi
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''Acacia hemsleyi'' is a tree or 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 ''Juliflorae'' that is endemic to tropical parts of northern
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 ...
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Description

The tree or shrub is slender, has rough bark and typically grows to a height of . It blooms from July to September producing yellow flowers. The slightly fissured to shredded looking bark is present on the trunk and larger limbs with the angular upper branchlets that are glabrous and have resinous ridges and brown triangular stipules that are in height. The evergreen
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 a linear to narrowly elliptic and linear-oblanceolate shape and can be slightly curved or straight. The phyllodes are in length and with two or three prominent main nerves and two or three secondary nerves.


Distribution

It is native to an area in the
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 where it is found along riverbanks and rocky creek beds and around permanent water sources. The range of the species extends across the top end of the Northern Territory and into northern Queensland where it is also found on river beds and creek banks as well as sandy beaches in mangrove communities growing in gravelly sands.


See also

* List of ''Acacia'' species


References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q15287246 hemsleyi Acacias of Western Australia Plants described in 1917 Taxa named by Joseph Maiden Flora of Queensland Flora of the Northern Territory