Acacia scalpelliformis
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| Acacia scalpelliformis | |
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| Sketch from Iconography of Australian species of Acacia and cognate genera | |
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. scalpelliformis |
| Binomial name | |
| Acacia scalpelliformis | |
Acacia scalpelliformis is a shrub of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Phyllodineae that is endemic to south western Australia.
The erect prickly shrub typically grows to a height of 0.5 to 2.0 metres (2 to 7 ft).[1] It resembles Acacia urophylla but has some subtle differences including trowel shaped phyllodes that have a distinctive gland angle along the barely scalloped or notched adaxial marginh. The phyllodes have a length of 2.5 to 4 cm (0.98 to 1.57 in) and a width of 6 to 10 mm (0.24 to 0.39 in) with two main nerves per fact with a few less prominent lateral nerves.[2] It blooms in September and produces yellow flowers.[1]
Taxonomy
The species was first formally described by the botanist Carl Meissner in 1848 as part of the Johann Georg Christian Lehmann work Plantae Preissianae.[3] It is not too far removed from the Acacia myrtifolia group.[2]