Acacia mimica
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| Acacia mimica | |
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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 |
| Species: | A. mimica |
| Binomial name | |
| Acacia mimica | |
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| Occurrence data from AVH | |
Acacia mimica is a shrub of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Plurinerves that is endemic to south western Australia.
The dense shrub typically grows to a height of 0.3 to 2.5 metres (1 to 8 ft)[1] and can have an erect or semi-prostrate habit with glabrous to hairy branchlets. Like most species of Acacia it has phyllodes rather than true leaves. The patent to erect, rigid to leathery, grey-green and glabrous phyllodes have a narrowly elliptic or linear to oblanceolate-linear shape that is curved with a length of 1.8 to 10.5 cm (0.71 to 4.13 in) and a width of 2 to 7 mm (0.079 to 0.276 in) with many raised and irregular closely parallel nerves and prominent yellow marginal nerves.[2] It blooms from July to October and produces yellow flowers.[1]
Taxonomy
There are two recognised varieties:
- Acacia mimica var. angusta
- Acacia mimica var. mimica
The yellow nerves on the plant make it similar in appearance to Acacia patagiata.[2]