Acacia jacksonioides
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Caesalpinioideae |
| Clade: | Mimosoid clade |
| Genus: | Acacia |
| Subgenus: | Acacia subg. Phyllodineae |
| Species: | A. jacksonioides |
| Binomial name | |
| Acacia jacksonioides | |
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| Occurrence data from AVH | |
Acacia jacksonioides is a species of shrub in family Fabaceae that is endemic to western Australia.
The dense intricate and spinose shrub typically grows to a height of 0.2 to 0.7 metres (0.7 to 2.3 ft).[1] It has short, divaricate spinose, glabrous branches that often have a white powdery covering that divide to form ribbed branchlets. The evergreen, patent to reflexed phyllodes have an ovate to elliptic to oblong shape with a length of 3.5 to 10 mm (0.14 to 0.39 in) and a width of 2.5 to 5 mm (0.098 to 0.197 in) and has a prominent midrib.[2] It produces yellow flowers from July to August.[1] The rudimentary inflorescences are usually single headed racemes with an axes that is less than 1 mm (0.039 in) in length. The spherical flower-heads contain 10 to 14 light golden flowers and have a diameter of 3.5 to 4.5 mm (0.14 to 0.18 in). the seed pods that form after flowering are openly coiled and twisted with an overall length of around 4 cm (1.6 in) and a width of around 3 mm (0.12 in). The shiny mottled brown seeds within the pods have an oblong shape with a length of 2 to 2.5 mm (0.079 to 0.098 in) and a large terminal aril.[2]