Acacia nuperrima
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| Acacia nuperrima | |
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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. nuperrima |
| Binomial name | |
| Acacia nuperrima | |
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| Occurrence data from AVH | |
Acacia nuperrima is a shrub of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Plurinerves that is endemic to a large area across northern Australia.
The resinous shrub typically grows to a height of 1 to 3 metres (3 to 10 ft)[1] and has an erect ascending to semiprostrate and often spreading habit. It has multiple fine stems that branch near the base and has smooth grey to brown coloured bark and is slightly fissured toward the base. The branchlets have resin-crenulated ridges are finely lenticellate and are angled near the apices. Like most species of Acacia it has phyllodes rather than true leaves. The leathery, evergreen and rather spreading phyllodes have a narrowly elliptic or linear shape that are flat or occasionally a little undulate with a length of 0.4 to 3.5 cm (0.16 to 1.38 in) and a width of 1 to 5 mm (0.039 to 0.197 in) and have obscure nerves.[2] It blooms from January to October and produces yellow flowers.[1]