''Acacia islana'' 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 native to parts of north eastern

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Description

The shrub typically grows to a height of and has an open spindly habit. It is glabrous and slightly resinous with grey to brownish coloured branchlets that have tuberculate-ribs making it appear quite bumpy. 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 slender and incurved phyllodes have a length of and a width of with no obvious nerves showing. They are quite are scattered often appearing in clusters of two or three. When it blooms it produces simple inflorescences that occur singly in the

axil A leaf ( : leaves) is any of the principal appendages of a vascular plant stem, usually borne laterally aboveground and specialized for photosynthesis. Leaves are collectively called foliage, as in "autumn foliage", while the leaves, st ...

s made up of a single spherical flower-head that is composed of 20 to 30 light golden coloured flowers. After flowering flat and linear firmly chartaceous seed pods form thar have a length of and a width of . The seeds inside are arranged longitudinally and have an oblong shape with a length of .

Distribution

The shrub has a limited distribution in the

central Central is an adjective usually referring to being in the center of some place or (mathematical) object. Central may also refer to: Directions and generalised locations * Central Africa, a region in the centre of Africa continent, also known as ...

region of Queensland to the south of Theodore in the

Isla Gorge National Park Isla Gorge is a national park in Queensland, Australia, 415 km northwest of Brisbane, gazetted in 1964. It contains a rest area with toilets and a camping area, situate