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Acacia retrorsa

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that form after flowering resemble a string of beads and have a length of up to 6 cm (2.4 in) and a width of 3.5 to 4.5 mm (0.14 to 0.18 in). The blackish seeds have a yellow centre and have an oblong to elliptic shape with a length of about 4 mm (0.16 in) and have a
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it has phyllodes rather than true leaves. The sessile and evergreen phyllodes are pointing backwards. The pungent, green and glabrous have a linear shape and are straight to shallowly curved with a length of 15 to 25 mm (0.59 to 0.98 in) and a width of 1 to 2 mm (0.039 to
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The spreading prostrate shrub typically grows to a height of 0.05 to 0.5 metres (0 to 2 ft) with a sprawling habit. The multistemmed shrub has quite slender branches with a length of up to 1 m (3 ft 3 in) It has
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and have spherical flower-heads containing 16 to 24 light golden coloured flowers. The glarous, firmly chartaceous and dark brown
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0.079 in) with a prominent midrib. It blooms from August to September and produces yellow flowers. The
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or slightly hairy, green coloured branchlets that have fine yellow-coloured ribbing. Like most species of
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in the south where it is usually as a part of low open woodland or low open heathland communities.
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where it is found growing in gravelly, sandy or loamy soils over or around
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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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It was reclassified as 237: 228: 211: 204: 61:Scientific classification 59: 39: 30: 23: 764:Plants described in 1855 252:is a shrub of the genus 291:occur on single headed 238:Occurrence data from 322:Racosperma retrorsum 318:Botanische Zeitung 33:Conservation status 736: 735: 669:Open Tree of Life 518:Taxon identifiers 458:World Wide Wattle 362:Western Australia 335:Acacia pravifolia 258:and the subgenus 245: 244: 54: 16:Species of legume 771: 729: 728: 716: 715: 703: 702: 690: 689: 677: 676: 664: 663: 651: 650: 638: 637: 625: 624: 612: 611: 599: 598: 586: 585: 573: 572: 560: 559: 558: 545: 544: 543: 513: 506: 505: 503: 501: 479: 473: 472: 470: 468: 446: 433: 432: 411: 233: 217: 197:A. retrorsa 160:Caesalpinioideae 69: 68: 48: 45: 44: 21: 779: 778: 774: 773: 772: 770: 769: 768: 739: 738: 737: 732: 724: 719: 711: 706: 698: 693: 685: 680: 672: 667: 659: 654: 646: 641: 633: 628: 622:Acacia retrorsa 620: 615: 607: 602: 594: 589: 581: 576: 568: 563: 556:Acacia retrorsa 554: 553: 548: 539: 538: 533: 526:Acacia retrorsa 520: 510: 509: 499: 497: 485:Acacia retrorsa 481: 480: 476: 466: 464: 452:Acacia retrorsa 448: 447: 436: 417:Acacia retrorsa 413: 412: 403: 398: 382: 350: 341:Acaca declinata 310: 275: 249:Acacia retrorsa 224: 219: 215:Acacia retrorsa 213: 200: 63: 55: 46: 42: 35: 25:Acacia retrorsa 17: 12: 11: 5: 777: 775: 767: 766: 761: 756: 751: 741: 740: 734: 733: 731: 730: 726:wfo-0000201732 717: 704: 691: 678: 665: 652: 639: 626: 613: 600: 587: 574: 561: 546: 530: 528: 522: 521: 516: 508: 507: 474: 434: 400: 399: 397: 394: 393: 392: 381: 378: 349: 346: 309: 306: 289:inflorescences 274: 271: 243: 242: 235: 234: 226: 225: 220: 209: 208: 202: 201: 194: 192: 188: 187: 180: 176: 175: 173:Mimosoid clade 170: 163: 162: 157: 153: 152: 147: 143: 142: 137: 133: 132: 127: 120: 119: 114: 107: 106: 101: 94: 93: 88: 81: 80: 75: 71: 70: 57: 56: 40: 37: 36: 31: 28: 27: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 776: 765: 762: 760: 757: 755: 752: 750: 747: 746: 744: 727: 722: 718: 714: 709: 705: 701: 696: 692: 688: 683: 679: 675: 670: 666: 662: 657: 653: 649: 644: 640: 636: 631: 627: 623: 618: 614: 610: 605: 601: 597: 592: 588: 584: 579: 575: 571: 566: 562: 557: 551: 547: 542: 536: 532: 531: 529: 527: 523: 519: 514: 496: 492: 488: 486: 478: 475: 463: 459: 455: 453: 445: 443: 441: 439: 435: 430: 426: 425: 420: 418: 410: 408: 406: 402: 395: 391: 389: 384: 383: 379: 377: 375: 371: 367: 363: 359: 355: 347: 345: 343: 342: 337: 336: 331: 327: 326:Leslie Pedley 323: 319: 315: 314:Carl Meissner 307: 305: 303: 298: 294: 290: 285: 281: 272: 270: 269: 265: 261: 257: 256: 251: 250: 241: 236: 232: 227: 223: 218: 216: 210: 207: 206:Binomial name 203: 199: 198: 193: 190: 189: 186: 185: 181: 178: 177: 174: 171: 168: 165: 164: 161: 158: 155: 154: 151: 148: 145: 144: 141: 138: 135: 134: 131: 128: 125: 122: 121: 118: 115: 112: 109: 108: 105: 102: 99: 96: 95: 92: 91:Tracheophytes 89: 86: 83: 82: 79: 76: 73: 72: 67: 62: 58: 52: 38: 34: 29: 26: 22: 19: 525: 498:. 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Retrieved 457: 451: 422: 416: 387: 351: 348:Distribution 339: 333: 329: 321: 317: 311: 300:club-shaped 283: 276: 260:Phyllodineae 259: 253: 248: 247: 246: 214: 212: 196: 195: 183: 166: 123: 110: 97: 84: 24: 18: 550:Wikispecies 360:regions of 273:Description 266:to western 156:Subfamily: 104:Angiosperms 743:Categories 682:Plant List 396:References 370:Jurien Bay 687:ild-48114 604:FloraBase 424:FloraBase 354:Wheatbelt 297:seed pods 268:Australia 191:Species: 74:Kingdom: 713:13024445 708:Tropicos 661:10719215 648:471315-1 541:Q9568602 535:Wikidata 500:5 August 467:5 August 386:List of 380:See also 366:laterite 358:Mid West 308:Taxonomy 280:glabrous 262:that is 150:Fabaceae 146:Family: 117:Eudicots 674:3917728 635:2980811 390:species 374:Eneabba 293:racemes 264:endemic 179:Genus: 140:Fabales 136:Order: 78:Plantae 49: ( 749:Acacia 596:655611 487:Meisn" 388:Acacia 330:Acacia 284:Acacia 255:Acacia 222:Meisn. 184:Acacia 130:Rosids 656:IRMNG 617:FoAO2 570:69702 167:Clade 124:Clade 111:Clade 98:Clade 85:Clade 695:POWO 643:IPNI 630:GBIF 609:3518 583:8PXV 565:APNI 502:2020 469:2020 356:and 302:aril 721:WFO 591:EoL 578:CoL 324:by 240:AVH 51:DEC 745:: 723:: 710:: 697:: 684:: 671:: 658:: 645:: 632:: 619:: 606:: 593:: 580:: 567:: 552:: 537:: 493:. 489:. 460:. 456:. 437:^ 421:. 404:^ 344:. 304:. 169:: 126:: 113:: 100:: 87:: 504:. 483:" 471:. 454:" 450:" 431:. 419:" 415:" 53:)

Index

Conservation status
DEC
Scientific classification
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Plantae
Tracheophytes
Angiosperms
Eudicots
Rosids
Fabales
Fabaceae
Caesalpinioideae
Mimosoid clade
Acacia
Binomial name
Meisn.

AVH
Acacia
endemic
Australia
glabrous
inflorescences
racemes
seed pods
aril
Carl Meissner
Leslie Pedley
Acacia pravifolia
Acaca declinata

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