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Acacia merrickiae

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form that have a linear shape but are constricted between and rounded over each of the seeds. The pods have a length of up to 6 cm (2.4 in) and a width of 5 to 6 mm (0.20 to 0.24 in) and are covered in a fine white powdery coating with longitudinally arranged seeds inside. The
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rather than true leaves. The coriaceous grey-green phyllodes have an elliptic to ovate shape that is commonly shallowly concave and reflexed. The phyllodes are 1.5 to 3.5 cm (0.59 to 1.38 in) in length and have a width of 7 to 15 mm (0.28 to 0.59 in) and have a slightly raised
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are found along an raceme axes with a length of 10 to 40 mm (0.39 to 1.57 in) with spherical to obloid shaped flower-heads that have a diameter of 5 to 6 mm (0.20 to 0.24 in) and contain 45 to 65 light golden coloured flowers. Following flowering thinly coriaceous
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midrib and also have a fine white powdery coating. It blooms from April to June and produces yellow-cream flowers. The axillary or terminal
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Descriptions of fifty new species and six varieties of western and northern Australian Acacias, and notes on four other species
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branchlets that are covered in a fine white powdery which are roughened by scars of fallen phyllodes. Like most species of
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dull dark brown seeds have an oblong to elliptic shape with a length of around 4 mm (0.16 in).
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The open spindly shrub typically grows to a height of 2 to 4 metres (6.6 to 13.1 ft). It has
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growing in clay, sandy loam and sandy soils. It has a limitied distribution from around
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The species was first formally described by the botanists
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Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions
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where it is often part of open woodland communities.
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It was reclassified by 261: 252: 231: 224: 81:Scientific classification 79: 59: 50: 39: 30: 23: 818:Plants described in 1928 523:Maiden & Blakely" 462:Maiden & Blakely" 355:Racosperma merrickiae 262:Occurrence data from 345:as published in the 53:Conservation status 374:Acacia leptopetala 368:Acacia microbotrya 217:A. merrickiae 785: 784: 718:Open Tree of Life 658:Acacia merrickiae 592:Acacia merrickiae 562:Acacia merrickiae 554:Taxon identifiers 521:Acacia merrickiae 493:Acacia merrickiae 460:Acacia merrickiae 397:Western Australia 371:group, resembles 282:and the subgenus 273:Acacia merrickiae 269: 268: 235:Acacia merrickiae 74: 41:Acacia merrickiae 25:Acacia merrickiae 16:Species of legume 825: 778: 777: 765: 764: 752: 751: 739: 738: 726: 725: 713: 712: 700: 699: 687: 686: 674: 673: 661: 660: 648: 647: 635: 634: 622: 621: 609: 608: 596: 595: 594: 581: 580: 579: 549: 542: 541: 539: 537: 515: 509: 508: 487: 478: 477: 475: 473: 454: 257: 237: 180:Caesalpinioideae 89: 88: 68: 65: 64: 35: 21: 833: 832: 828: 827: 826: 824: 823: 822: 788: 787: 786: 781: 773: 768: 760: 755: 747: 742: 734: 729: 721: 716: 708: 703: 695: 690: 682: 677: 669: 664: 656: 651: 643: 638: 630: 625: 617: 612: 604: 599: 590: 589: 584: 575: 574: 569: 556: 546: 545: 535: 533: 517: 516: 512: 489: 488: 481: 471: 469: 468:. 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Kings Park
Conservation status
DEC
Scientific classification
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Plantae
Tracheophytes
Angiosperms
Eudicots
Rosids
Fabales
Fabaceae
Caesalpinioideae
Mimosoid clade
Acacia
Binomial name
Maiden
Blakely

AVH
Acacia
endemic
Australia
glabrous
phyllodes
inflorescences
seed pods
Joseph Maiden
William Blakely

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