Английская Википедия:Acacia argentina

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Acacia argentina is a species of Acacia native to eastern Australia.[1]

Description

The shrub typically grows to a height of Шаблон:Cvt. It has terete and glaucous branchlets that have sparse to moderate indumentum that extend to the axis of the leaves and Шаблон:Cvt long hairs. The new branchlet tips are silvery grey in colour but tinged with yellow. The bipinnate shaped leaves are grey-green with a length of Шаблон:Cvt. There are two or three pairs of pinnae per leaf, each having a length of Шаблон:Cvt and containing six to nine leaflet pairs. The leaflets have an oblong shape with a length of Шаблон:Cvt and a width of Шаблон:Cvt. It flowers between July and September. The simple axillary inflorescences have up to eight branches each containing a yellow spherical flowerhead with a diameter of around Шаблон:Cvt composed of 20 to 24 flowers. Following flowering linear seed pods with a length of about Шаблон:Cvt covered with stiff hairs. The species resembles Acacia chinchillensis but is taller with wider leaflets.

Taxonomy

The species was first formally described by the botanist Leslie Pedley in 2006 as part of the work Notes on Acacia Mill. (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae), chiefly from Queensland as published in the journal Austrobaileya.[2]

Distribution

The species has a limited range and is only found in a small area in the sandstone parts of the upper catchment areas of smaller tributaries of the Dawson River to the north of Taroom in south western Queensland.[3]

See also

References

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