Description ⁴

The shrub is erect or sometimes sprawling and typically grows to a height of 0.5 to 1.0 metre (2 to 3 ft). The stems are suckering and can spread. It has few phyllodes which are continuous with branchlets and form opposite wings with each one extending to the next beneath. The glabrous dark greenwings are 0.5 to 3 millimetres (0.02 to 0.12 in) in width. The free portion of each phyllode usually has a length of 1.5 to 5 millimetres (0.06 to 0.20 in). It produces yellow flowers between July and October in winter and spring. Each inflorescences has one to four globular heads containing 10 to 20 golden flowers. Following flowering curved flat seed pods with a length of around 30 mm (1.2 in) and a width of 7 to 8 mm (0.28 to 0.31 in) form. The pods contain oblong to elliptic seeds that are 3 to 4 mm (0.12 to 0.16 in) in length.

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Graham Zemunik, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Graham Zemunik
2. (c) Tony Rebelo, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Tony Rebelo
3. (c) alison bunker, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by alison bunker
4. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acacia_applanata

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Atlas of Living Australia
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• eFloras.org
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• World Flora Online

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