Английская Википедия:Acacia daphnifolia
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Acacia daphnifolia, also known as northern manna gum,[1] is a tree or shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Phyllodineae that is endemic to Western Australia.
Description
The tree or shrub typically grows to a height of Шаблон:Convert and has smooth light grey to red-brown bark on the stem and major branches. It is often composed of multiple stems and can spread by root-suckering. The dull-green phyllodes are patent or occasionally sub-pendulous with an oblanceolate to narrowly elliptic shape. The straight to shallowly recurved phyllodes have a length of Шаблон:Cvt and a width of Шаблон:Cvt.[1] It blooms from May to June and produces yellow flowers.[2] The inflorescences have spherical flower-heads that have a diameter of Шаблон:Cvt containing 17 to 30 showy golden flowers with a delicate fragrance. The dark brown to black seed pods that form after flowering resemble a string of beads and have a length of Шаблон:Cvt and a width of Шаблон:Cvt. The dull brown to black seeds have an oblong to elliptic shape. Seeds are Шаблон:Cvt in length and Шаблон:Cvt in width.[1]
Taxonomy
The species was first formally described by the botanist Carl Meissner in 1855 in the work Botanische Zeitung. The only synonyms are Acacia microbotrya var. borealis and Acacia subfalcata.[3] The plant is a part of the Acacia microbotrya along with Acacia amblyophylla and Acacia splendens.[1]
Distribution
It is native to an area in the Mid West and Wheatbelt regions of Western Australia. The plant is often situated in a variety of habitats including low hills, along the banks of creeks, around areas of saline drainage, flats and road verges where it grows in gravelly sandy-clay or loamy soils found around outcrops of granite or laterite.[2]
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