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Acacia pterocaulon

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are continuous with the branchlets, splitting to form opposing wings along the branchlet with each one extending to the next underneath. Each wing is 2 to 6 millimetres (0.08 to 0.24 in) wide. The free portion of each phyllode has a lanceolate to narrowly triangular shape and is straight or very
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The intricate shrub has an erect or sprawling habit with many branches. It typically grows to a height of 0.5 to 1.3 metres (1.6 to 4.3 ft) but can reach up to around 2 m (6.6 ft). It has green glabrous branchlets. The
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form later that are up to 12 cm (4.7 in) in length and 4 to 5 mm (0.16 to 0.20 in) wide. Each oblong seed is 4.5 to 5 mm (0.18 to 0.20 in) long.
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shallowly incurved with a length of 1 to 5.5 centimetres (0.4 to 2.2 in). It blooms between October and January producing yellow flowers. Each
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has globular head of a 10 to 15 mm (0.39 to 0.59 in) diameter containing 60 to 70 densely packed golden flowers. Linear
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where it is found on rocky hill slopes where growing in clay-loam or sandy-loam soils. It is often part of the understorey in
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Acacia Miscellany 13. Taxonomy of some Western Australian phyllocladinous and aphyllodinous taxa (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae)
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The type specimen was collected by Maslin in 1976 near Three Springs.
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The species was first formally described by the botanist
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Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions
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then transferred back to the current genus in 2006.
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Conservation status
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Scientific classification
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Plantae
Tracheophytes
Angiosperms
Eudicots
Rosids
Fabales
Fabaceae
Caesalpinioideae
Mimosoid clade
Acacia
Binomial name
Maslin

AVH
Acacia
Mid West
Western Australia
phyllodes
racemose
inflorescences
seed pods
Bruce Maslin
Nuytsia
Leslie Pedley
Acacia willdenowiana
Acacia glaucoptera

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