Acacia crassa
species of plant
Acacia crassa, commonly known as curracabah, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a single-stemmed shrub or tree with very narrowly elliptic phyllodes gradually tapered on both ends, spikes of bright or deep yellow flowers and linear, glabrous pods.
Description
Acacia crassa is a single-stemmed shrub to tree that typically grows to a height of 6–12 m (20–39 ft) and has dark, brownish grey corrugated bark at the base. Its branchlets are stout, grey or reddish brown to almost black and often have distinct lenticels. The phyllodes are very narrowly elliptic, 120–240 mm (4.7–9.4 in) long, 3–25 mm (0.12–0.98 in) wide and tapered gradually at both ends with three prominent main veins. The flowers are bright or deep yellow and borne in spikes 40–90 mm (1.6–3.5 in) long. Flowering occurs between July and November, and the pods are linear, 45–100 mm (1.8–3.9 in) long, 2.5–4 mm (0.098–0.157 in) wide, raised over and slightly to moderately constricted between the seeds.
Taxonomy
Acacia crassa was first formally described in 1974 by Leslie Pedley in Contributions from the Queensland Herbarium. The specific epithet (crassa) means 'thick' referring to the thick phyllodes.
In 1978, Pedley described two subspecies of Acacia crassa in the journal Austrobaileya, and the names are accepted by the Australian Plant Census:
Acacia crassa Pedley subsp.
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