Acacia preissiana
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| Acacia preissiana | |
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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. preissiana |
| Binomial name | |
| Acacia preissiana | |
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| Occurrence data from AVH | |
Acacia preissiana is a shrub of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Pulchellae that is endemic to an area of south western Australia.
The low spreading multi-stemmed shrub typically grows to a height of 0.05 to 0.35 metres (0.2 to 1.1 ft)[1] with a Prostrate to semi-prostrate habit with a lignotuber and hairy branchlets that have oblong to widely ovate stipules. The leaves are composed of two or three pairs of pinnae where the proximal pinnae have a length of 3 to 7 mm (0.12 to 0.28 in) and the distal pinnae have a length of 7 to 20 mm (0.28 to 0.79 in). The proximal pinne and composed of two to three pairs of pinnules while the distal pinnae are composed of three to seven pairs of pinnules that are 4 to 6 mm (0.16 to 0.24 in) in length and about 1 mm (0.039 in) wide.[2] It blooms from November to January and produces yellow flowers.[1]
Etymology
A. preissiana was first described as Acacia obscura var. preissiana by Carl Meissner in 1842,[3][4] but in 1975 Bruce Maslin elevated it to species rank, naming it Acacia preissiana.[3][5]