Acacia sporadica

Short description: Species of legume

Acacia sporadica

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Clade:  | Rosids
Order:  | Fabales
Family:  | Fabaceae
Subfamily:  | Caesalpinioideae
Clade:  | Mimosoid clade
Genus:  | Acacia
Species:  |

A. sporadica

Binomial name
Acacia sporadica

N.G.Walsh

Occurrence data from AVH

Acacia sporadica, also commonly known as the pale hickory wattle,[1] is a shrub of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Phyllodineae that is native to a small area in Victoria

## Contents

* 1 Description
* 2 Taxonomy
* 3 Distribution
* 4 See also
* 5 References

## Description

The root suckering shrub typically grows to a height of around 3 m (9.8 ft) and has glabrous branchlets. Like most species of Acacia it has phyllodes rather than true leaves. The evergreen blue-green and glabrous phyllodes have an asymmetric obovate to oblanceolate shape that can sometimes be almost elliptic. The phyllodes have a length of 2.5 to 6.5 cm (0.98 to 2.56 in) and a width of 7 to 32 mm (0.28 to 1.26 in) and have a prominent midrib and marginal nerves.[2]

## Taxonomy

The species was first formally described by the botanist Neville Walsh in 2004 as part of the work Two new wattles endemic to Victoria as published in the journal Muelleria.[1][3]

## Distribution

It has a disjunct distribution from around the Howqua River, and Carboor East and in areas close to Taradale where it is often situated on rocky hills as a part of woodlands or Eucalyptus forest communities.[2]

## See also

* List of Acacia species

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Acacia sporadica N.G.Walsh Pale Hickory-Wattle". Atlas of Living Australia. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2894743#names. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Acacia sporadica N.G.Walsh". Wattle - Acacias of Australia. Lucid Central. https://apps.lucidcentral.org/wattle/text/entities/acacia_sporadica.htm. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
3. ↑ , Wikidata Q103967128

Wikidata ☰ Q9569420 entry

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