''Acacia plectocarpa'' is a tree or shrub belonging to the genus ''

Acacia ''Acacia'', commonly known as wattles or acacias, is a genus of about of shrubs and trees in the subfamily Mimosoideae of the pea family Fabaceae. Initially, it comprised a group of plant species native to Africa, South America, and Austral ...

'' and the subgenus ''Juliflorae'' that is

endemism Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...

to north western

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Description

The often spindly tree or shrub typically grows to a height of but can reach up to It usually has a single stem with flakey or fissured bark that is grey to black in colour. The

glabrous Glabrousness () is the technical term for a lack of hair, down, setae, trichomes, or other such covering. A glabrous surface may be a natural characteristic of all or part of a plant or animal, or be due to loss because of a physical condition, ...

angular branchlets are yellowish to brown in colour and usually resinous. Like most species of ''Acacia'' it has

phyllode Phyllodes are modified petiole (botany), petioles or leaf stems, which are leaf-like in appearance and function. In some plants, these become flattened and widened, while the leaf itself becomes reduced or vanishes altogether. Thus the phyllode co ...

s rather than leaves. The thinly coriaceous, glabrous and evergreen phyllodes have a linear to narrowly elliptic shape and are flat and straight to slightly curved. The phyllodes have a length of and a width of and have appressed hairs on nerves and margins with a midnerve and two more prominent secondary nerves. It blooms from March to June producing yellow flowers.

Distribution

It is native to a large area in the

Northern Territory The Northern Territory (abbreviated as NT; known formally as the Northern Territory of Australia and informally as the Territory) is an states and territories of Australia, Australian internal territory in the central and central-northern regi ...

and the

Kimberley Kimberly or Kimberley may refer to: Places and historical events Australia Queensland * Kimberley, Queensland, a coastal locality in the Shire of Douglas South Australia * County of Kimberley, a cadastral unit in South Australia Ta ...

region of

Western Australia Western Australia (WA) is the westernmost state of Australia. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east, and South Australia to the south-east. Western Aust ...

where it is found to grow in a variety of habitats.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q9568074 plectocarpa Acacias of Western Australia Flora of the Northern Territory Taxa named by George Bentham Plants described in 1842 Flora of Queensland

Description

Distribution

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