''Acacia gordonii'' 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 eastern Australia. The shrub typically grows to a height of up to and has an erect or spreading habit. It blooms between August and September and produces yellow flowers. The shrub is found in New South Wales that is found between

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in the north to

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in the south in the foothills of the Blue Mountains where it is found on ridges and hill tops growing in sandstone based soils as a part of dry

sclerophyll forest Sclerophyll is a type of vegetation that is adapted to long periods of dryness and heat. The plants feature hard leaves, short internodes (the distance between leaves along the stem) and leaf orientation which is parallel or oblique to direct ...

communities.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q15287172 gordonii Flora of New South Wales Taxa named by Leslie Pedley

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