Английская Википедия:Acacia ashbyae

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Acacia ashbyae, commonly known as Ashby's wattle, is a species of wattle that is endemic to Western Australia.[1]

Description

The wattle grows as a rounded, dense and spreading shrub, up to Шаблон:Convert high and Шаблон:Convert wide. The narrow, flat, pale green phyllodes are Шаблон:Convert long by Шаблон:Convert wide, with new growth covered in white hairs. It produces bright yellow, cylindrical flowers, about Шаблон:Convert long, on short racemes from July to September.[1][2]

Taxonomy

The species was first formally described by the botanist Bruce Maslin in 1974 as part of the work Studies in the genus Acacia - 2 - Miscellaneous new phyllodinous species published in the journal Nuytsia. It was reclassified in 2003 by Leslie Pedley as Racosperma ashbyae then transferred back to the genus Acacia in 2006.[3]

The specific epithet ashbyae honours botanical illustrator and plant collector Alison Ashby.[4]

Distribution and habitat

It occurs on sandy and loamy soils along roadsides, on rocky rises and sandplains in the Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains and Yalgoo IBRA bioregions.[1]

See also

References

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