Acacia aptaneura
species of plant
Acacia aptaneura, commonly known as slender mulga, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to central and western parts of Australia. It is usually an inverted cone-shaped or rounded shrub or tree, with linear or narrowly oblong phyllodes, spikes of golden-yellow flowers, and oblong to narrowly oblong pods up to 60 mm (2.4 in) long.
Description
Acacia aptaneura is an inverted cone-shaped or rounded shrub or tree that typically grows to a height of 3–10 m (9.8–32.8 ft) sometimes to 12 m (39 ft), and sometimes with a conifer-like growth form. Its new shoots and branchlets are covered with resin. The phyllodes are narrowly linear or narrowly oblong, flat, straight to round in cross section, mostly 40–100 mm (1.6–3.9 in) long, 0.8–1.5 mm (0.031–0.059 in) wide and green to grey-green. There is a gland on the edge of the phyllode near its base.
The flowers are golden and borne in cylindrical spikes mostly 10–30 mm (0.39–1.18 in) long on a peduncle 3–10 mm (0.12–0.39 in) long. Flowering occurs between March and May and June and August but can also occur in other months except January. The pods are oblong to narrowly oblong and papery, 20–60 mm (0.79–2.36 in) long and 5–10 mm (0.20–0.39 in) wide and orange-brown. The seeds are elliptic to egg-shaped, mostly 4–5 mm (0.16–0.20 in) long and 3–4 mm (0.12–0.16 in) wide with a small, creamy-white aril.
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