Английская Википедия:Acacia blaxellii

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Acacia blaxellii, also known as Blaxell's wattle,[1] is a shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Phyllodineae endemic to Western Australia.

Description

The dense and spreading shrub typically grows to a height of Шаблон:Convert and to Шаблон:Convert wide.[2] It has fine to densely haired branchlets. The phyllodes are ascending to erect with a straight oblong-elliptic to narrowly oblong shape. Each thick fleshy phyllode has a length of Шаблон:Cvt and a width of Шаблон:Cvt with a non-prominent midrib.[1] It blooms from August to September and produces yellow flowers.[2] The rudimentary inflorescences are found on two-headed racemes that have a Шаблон:Cvt long axes with spherical flowers-heads with a diameter of Шаблон:Cvt containing 17 to 31 golden flowers. The seed pods that form after flowering are variably undulate with an irregular sigmoid shape. The thin glabrous pods have a length of around Шаблон:Cvt and a width of Шаблон:Cvt. The glossy black seeds within have a broadly elliptic shape and are about Шаблон:Cvt in length.[1]

Taxonomy

The species was first formally described by the botanist Bruce Maslin in 1999 as part of the work Acacia miscellany. The taxonomy of fifty-five species of Acacia, primarily Western Australian, in section Phyllodineae (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae) as published in the journal Nuytsia. It was reclassified as Racosperma blaxellii in 2003 by Leslie Pedley then transferred back into the genus Acacia in 2006.[3]

Distribution

It has a disjunct distribution in the eastern Wheatbelt and western parts of the Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia from between Kondinin in the west and Norseman in the east where it is found on flats and on low rocky rises growing in clay-loam soils[2] and is often part of mallee scrub or open Eucalyptus woodland communities. The bulk of the population is found from around Шаблон:Cvt north of Norseman extending south to Frank Hann National Park.[1]

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