Acacia axillaris

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Phylogeny & links to associated information

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Plant information 

Common name:            Midlands wattle  

• Also, Midlands mimosa 

Conservation status:  Vulnerable

• The species was list as vulnerable in 2014

• A total population of approximately 45,000 individuals is known across 18 populations

Etymology:   

Flowers:                  

• It produces yellow flowers between September and October and fruits in February

• The simple inflorescences are found singly or in pairs on spikes containing clusters of two to six flowers that are less than 6 mm in length

Fruit:                         

• The seed pods that form after flowering are sub-cylindrical or resemble a string of bead

• The pods have a length of 2 to 8 cm & a width of 2 to 3.5 mm & contain elliptical to cylindrically shaped seeds that are 4 to 4.5 mm long

Leaves:         

• It has phyllodes rather than true leaves

• The evergreen flat and linear phyllodes have a length of 1 to 5.5 cm and a width of 1 to 1.8 mm and have a pungent-pointed apex

• The phyllodes are usually thick and rigid and have often have three veins on each face with one more prominent than the others

Stem & branches: 

• The many-branched shrub typically grows to a height of 2 to 4 m and has an erect or spreading habit

• It has small persistent stipules that are less than 1.2 mm in length along the branchlets

Roots:         

Habit:        

• Shrub

Habitat:   

• Mostly situated in the agricultural area in lowland pastures

Distribution:                  

• Native to Tasmania  

• In the Midlands, north eastern Central Tasmania and also on Mount Barrow in the subalpine zone of north eastern Tasmania

• It is distributed through five localities; Mount Barrow and within the Elizabeth, St Paul, Dukes and Lake River catchment areas

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