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''Acacia stenoptera'', commonly known as narrow-winged wattle, is a species of
World wide wattle: ''Acacia stenoptera''.
Accessed 29 May 2018. {{Taxonbar, from=Q9569443
''Acacia stenoptera'', commonly known as narrow-winged wattle, is a species of wattle
Wattle or wattles may refer to:
Plants
*''Acacia sensu lato'', polyphyletic genus of plants commonly known as wattle, especially in Australia and South Africa
**''Acacia'', large genus of shrubs and trees, native to Australasia
**Black wattle, c ...
that is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia.
Description
It is a rigid and prickly shrub that typically grows to a height of but can reach as high as . It can have a scrambling, sprawling or tangled erect habit. The shrub has ridged stems and curving spine-tippedphyllode
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 that form continuous wings along the stem.
It produces globular, cream or yellow flowerheads between March and December in the species' native range.
After flowering it will produce quadrangular seed pods that are long with prominent ridges.
Taxonomy
The species was first formally described by the botanist George Bentham in 1842 as part ofWilliam Jackson Hooker
Sir William Jackson Hooker (6 July 178512 August 1865) was an English botanist and botanical illustrator, who became the first director of Kew when in 1841 it was recommended to be placed under state ownership as a botanic garden. At Kew he ...
work ''Notes on Mimoseae, with a synopsis of species'' as published in the ''London Journal of Botany''.
The species was reclassified as ''Racosperma stenopterum'' in 2003 by Leslie Pedley then transferred back to the genus ''Acacia'' in 2006.
Distribution
The shrub is found from theMid West
The Midwestern United States, also referred to as the Midwest or the American Midwest, is one of four census regions of the United States Census Bureau (also known as "Region 2"). It occupies the northern central part of the United States. I ...
, Wheatbelt, Peel, South West
The points of the compass are a set of horizontal, radially arrayed compass directions (or azimuths) used in navigation and cartography. A compass rose is primarily composed of four cardinal directions—north, east, south, and west—each sepa ...
and Great Southern regions of Western Australia where it is found in a variety of habitats growing in sandy soils often around laterite
Laterite is both a soil and a rock type rich in iron and aluminium and is commonly considered to have formed in hot and wet tropical areas. Nearly all laterites are of rusty-red coloration, because of high iron oxide content. They develop by ...
.
See also
* List of ''Acacia'' speciesReferences
External links
World wide wattle: ''Acacia stenoptera''.
Accessed 29 May 2018. {{Taxonbar, from=Q9569443
stenoptera
:''The gelechioid moth genus ''Stenoptera'', established by Duponchel in 1838, is a junior synonym of ''Esperia''. The gall midge genus ''Stenoptera'', invalidly established by Meunier in 1902, has been renamed '' Neostenoptera.
''Stenoptera'' i ...
Fabales of Australia
Acacias of Western Australia
Plants described in 1842
Taxa named by George Bentham