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Acacia serpentinicola (Maslin) Pedley
Family Fabaceae
Subfamily Mimosoideae
Acacia serpentinicola (Maslin) Pedley APNI*

Synonyms: Racosperma serpentinicola (Maslin) Pedley APNI*
Acacia juncifolia var. planifolia Benth. APNI*
Acacia juncifolia Benth. subsp. serpentinicola Maslin APNI*

Description: Spreading shrub to 1.5 m high; branchlets ± terete, dark greyish brown, glabrous.

Phyllodes subrigid, straight to curved, flat, linear to narrowly oblanceolate (gradually narrowed towards the base), mostly 5–10 cm long (some mature phyllodes on a branchlet may be shorter, c. 3 or more cm long), (1.5-) 2–4 (-5) mm wide, glabrous, the midvein slightly impressed when dry, the apex obtuse-mucronate, ± pungent.

Inflorescences 1–3 in axil of phyllodes, simple or sometimes on an axillary axis (rudimentary raceme) to 2 mm long; peduncles 5–11 mm long, glabrous; heads globose, yellow to deep yellow.

Pods straight to slightly curved, ± flat, straight-sided to slightly constricted between seeds, to 7.5 cm long, 2.5–4 mm wide, glabrous; seeds longitudinal, to 3 mm long.


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Flowering: mainly August–October.

Distribution and occurrence: restricted to serpentinite ridges in a small area between Bralga Tops and Mt George.
NSW subdivisions: NC, NT
AVH map***

Formerly known as Acacia juncifolia subsp. serpentinicola, e.g. in Flora of New South Wales Vol. 2: 445 (2002); The name Acacia juncifolia var. planifolia Benth. (= A. dietrichiana) has been misapplied to this species.

Text by P.G. Kodela (July 2007; last update Apr 2012)
Taxon concept: L. Pedley, Austrobaileya 7: 381 (2006)


APNI* Provides a link to the Australian Plant Name Index (hosted by the Australian National Botanic Gardens) for comprehensive bibliographic data
***The AVH map option provides a detailed interactive Australia wide distribution map drawn from collections held by all major Australian herbaria participating in the Australian Virtual Herbarium project.
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