Acacia cochlocarpa is a shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Juliflorae. It is native to Western Australia.[1]
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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. cochlocarpa
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| Acacia cochlocarpa | |
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| Occurrence data from AVH | |
The sprawling shrub typically grows to a height of 0.3 to 0.7 metres (1.0 to 2.3 ft) but reach a height of 1.5 metres (5 ft) and produces yellow flowers.[1] The branchlets are slightly flexuose with persistent stipules. It has erect, narrowly oblong-elliptic shaped and incurved phyllodes. The phyllodes are 2.5 to 7.5 centimetres (1.0 to 3.0 in) in length with a width of 3 to 6 millimetres (0.12 to 0.24 in). There are two simple inflorescences per axil. The flower heads are subglobular to short-cylindrical with a length of 5 to 10 mm (0.20 to 0.39 in) and a diameter of 5 to 6 mm (0.20 to 0.24 in). After flowering tightly spirally or irregularly coiled seed pods form containing glossy mottled round to oblong seeds that are 1.5 to 2.5 mm (0.06 to 0.10 in).[2]
It has a scattered distribution in the Wheatbelt of Western Australia where it grows in sandy, clay gravelly soils often around laterite.[1] Found in areas around Watheroo and Manmanning as a part of sandy heathland communities.[2]
There are two known subspecies:
- Acacia cochlocarpa Meisn. subsp. cochlocarpa[3]
- Acacia cochlocarpa subsp. velutinosa Maslin & A.R.Chapman[4]
A cochlocarpa is similar in appearance and closely related to Acacia lirellata and is also closely related to Acacia tetraneura.[2]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b c "Acacia cochlocarpa". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ a b c "Acacia cochlocarpa". World Wide Wattle. Western Australian Herbarium. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
- ^ "Acacia cochlocarpa Meisn. subsp. cochlocarpa". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ "Acacia cochlocarpa Meisn. subsp. velutinosa". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.