Acacia trinalis
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Caesalpinioideae |
| Clade: | Mimosoid clade |
| Genus: | Acacia |
| Species: | A. trinalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Acacia trinalis | |
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| Occurrence data from AVH | |
Acacia trinalis is a shrub or tree of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Plurinerves that is endemic to an area of south western Australia.
Description
[edit]The dense, rounded and bushy shrub or tree typically grows to a height of 1.5 to 4 metres (5 to 13 ft)[1] with multiple stems and glabrous and resinous new growth. The angular and resin-ribbed branchlets have easily detached minute stipules with a triangular shape. Like most species of Acacia it has phyllodes rather than true leaves. The evergreen, glabrous, thinly leathery and patent to ascending phyllodes have a linear shape and are straight to shallowly incurved with a length of 4.5 to 9 cm (1.8 to 3.5 in) and a width of 2 to 3 mm (0.079 to 0.118 in) and have three raised, resinous nerves with central nerve being the most prominent.[2] It blooms in September and produces yellow flowers.[1][3] The simple inflorescences occur in pairs in the axils and have spherical flower-heads with a diameter of 4 to 5 mm (0.16 to 0.20 in) containing 22 to 28 golden coloured flowers.[2]
Distribution
[edit]It is native to an area in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia where it is commonly situated in swampy areas, around salt lakes and on flats growing in sandy or clay-loam soils.[1] The range of the species extends from around Marchagee in the north west down to the Mortlock River near Goomalling in the south east.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Acacia trinalis". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ a b c "Acacia trinalis". World Wide Wattle. Western Australian Herbarium. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
- ^ Anthony E. Orchard (1 January 2001). Flora of Australia: Mimosaceae, Acacia. v. 11A, 11B. Csiro Publishing. pp. 53–. ISBN 978-0-643-06719-6.