Acacia spooneri
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| Acacia spooneri | |
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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. spooneri |
| Binomial name | |
| Acacia spooneri O'Leary | |
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| Occurrence data from AVH | |
Acacia spooneri is a shrub of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Phyllodineae. It is native to a small area in South Australia
The spindly and slender shrub or tree can grow to a height of 4 m (13 ft) and often has an open habit and a single stem. It has glabrous and reddish brown branchlets. Like most species of Acacia it has phyllodes rather than true leaves. The pale green to grey-green glabrous phyllodes have a narrowly elliptic to obovate or oblanceolate shape. The coriaceous to thinly coriaceous phyllodes have a length of 2.2 to 10.2 cm (0.87 to 4.02 in) and a width of 6 to 26 mm (0.24 to 1.02 in) with a prominent central midrib and clearly visible lateral nerves. It blooms throughout the year most prolifically between May and August.[1]