Acacia phlebocarpa, also known as tabletop wattle,[3] is a shrub of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Plurinerves and is native to northern Australia.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Caesalpinioideae |
| Clade: | Mimosoid clade |
| Genus: | Acacia |
| Species: | A. phlebocarpa
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| Acacia phlebocarpa | |
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Description
editThe spreading viscid shrub typically grows to a height of 0.4 to 1.2 metres (1 to 4 ft).[1] The shrub has a flattened crown. It has glabrous or with lines of appressed hairs, terete and resinous branchlets with persistent stipules that are 1 to 1.5 mm (0.039 to 0.059 in) in length. Like most species of Acacia it has phyllodes rather than true leaves. The straight and narrowly elliptic to oblong-elliptic shaped phyllodes with a length of 2 to 5.5 cm (0.79 to 2.17 in) and a width of 4 to 12 mm (0.16 to 0.47 in). The semi-pungent phyllodes are thinly-coriaceous and have three distant raised main nerves with many parallel secondary nerves.[3] It blooms from April to June and produces yellow flowers.[1] The simple inflorescences occur singly in the axils. The spherical flower-heads globular have a diameter of 7 to 8 mm (0.28 to 0.31 in) and contain 45 to 60 golden coloured flowers. The linear seed pods that form after flowering are strongly curved or have a single coil. The pods have a length of up to 6 cm (2.4 in) and a width of 4 to 6 mm (0.16 to 0.24 in) and contain broadly elliptic to nearly circular seeds. The glossy black seeds have a length of 3.8 to 4.3 mm (0.15 to 0.17 in).[3]
Distribution and habitat
editan area in the Kimberley region of Western Australia,[1][3] and north western Queensland and the Northern Territory.[3] It grows on stony and lateritic soils and on sandstone on plains and rocky ridges.[1] The soils are often shallow and are stony and sandy and are found in open woodland communities or with species of Triodia.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d e "Acacia phlebocarpa". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ Mueller, F.J.H. von (1859) Contributiones ad Acaciarum Australiae Cognitionem. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Botany 3: 119
- ^ a b c d e f R.S.Cowan (2017). "Acacia phlebocarpa. In: Flora of Australia". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of the Environment and Energy, Canberra. Retrieved 27 January 2020.