''Acacia sabulosa'' is a shrub of 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

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to north western

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Description

The bushy resinous shrub typically grows to a height of . The

glabrous Glabrousness (from the Latin '' glaber'' meaning "bald", "hairless", "shaved", "smooth") is the technical term for a lack of hair, down, setae, trichomes or other such covering. A glabrous surface may be a natural characteristic of all or part of ...

and spreading shrub has a "V" shape and a crown that is around across. It forms many stems at or near the base with additional branches forming about from the base. It has smooth dark grey coloured bark that becomes fissured at the base with age. The slender, yellow to light brown coloured branchelt have bright green new shoots. 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 soft, flexible, thin, dull green and sometimes scurfy phyllodes have a linear shape with a length of and a width of . It blooms from May to July and produces yellow flowers.

Distribution

It is native to an area in the

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and the Goldfields-Esperance and

Pilbara The Pilbara () is a large, dry, thinly populated region in the north of Western Australia. It is known for its Aboriginal peoples; its ancient landscapes; the red earth; and its vast mineral deposits, in particular iron ore. It is also a glo ...

regions of

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. It usually grows in sand dunes around the

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and Northern Province with very arid landscapes and red brown coloured sandy soils. The shrub has a discontinuous distribution within the Pilbara region from coastal areas between

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and

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in the west to

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and Shay Gap, Western Australia. It also occurs further north from around

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extending eastward to the

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and the

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. It also located in the Northern Territory in the

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where it is often a part of spinifex communities.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q9568852 sabulosa Acacias of Western Australia Flora of the Northern Territory Taxa named by Bruce Maslin Plants described in 1999

Description

Distribution

See also

References