Acacia latipes

Acacia latipes is a shrub of the genus Acacia (family Leguminosae or Fabaceae ) and the subgenus Plurinerves that is endemic to south western Australia.

Acacia latipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Clade: Mimosoideae
Genus: Acacia
Species:
A. latipes
Binomial name
Acacia latipes
Occurrence data from AVH

Description

The dense shrub typically grows to a height of 0.3 to 2 metres (1 to 7 ft).[1] Like most species of Acacia it has phyllodes rathern than true leaves. The grey-green phyllodes have an elliptic, narrowly oblong-elliptic, subtriangular or linear shape and can be straight to slightly recurved with a length of 1 to 4 cm (0.39 to 1.57 in) and a width of 1.5 to 7 mm (0.059 to 0.276 in).[2] It blooms from June to October and produces yellow flowers.[1]

Taxonomy

There are two recognised subspecies:

  • Acacia latipes subsp. latipes
  • Acacia latipes subsp. licina

Distribution

It is native to an area in the Goldfields-Esperance, Wheatbelt and Mid West regions of Western Australia where it is commonly situated on hills, flats and sandplains growing in sandy to sandy-loam soils over and around granite and limestone.[1][3] It has a discontinuous distribution with the range of the plant extends from Hamelin Pool in the north to Quairading with scattered localised populations from around Laking King in the south to further east of Scaddan and it is usually a part of shrubland, heathland or woodland communities.[2]

See also

References
  1. "Acacia latipes". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  2. "Acacia latipes". Wattle - Acacias of Australia. Lucd Central. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  3. "Generic and infrageneric classification in Acacia".
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