Acacia camptoclada facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Acacia camptoclada
Scientific classification
Genus:	Acacia
Species:	camptoclada
Where Acacia camptoclada is found in Australia

The Acacia camptoclada is a type of shrub that belongs to the Acacia plant family. It is special because it is found only in the dry parts of Western Australia. This means it is endemic to that area.

What It Looks Like

This shrub usually grows to be about 0.2 to 1.0 meter (or 0.7 to 3.3 feet) tall. It can spread out low to the ground or grow upright. Its small branches are a bit sticky and shiny. It also has tiny leaf-like parts called stipules that can easily fall off.

The leaves of Acacia camptoclada are not typical leaves. They are actually flattened leaf stems called phyllodes. These phyllodes are crowded together and point upwards. They have a bluish-green color and an unusual, long, narrow shape.

Flowers and Seeds

The Acacia camptoclada blooms with yellow flowers from August to October. Its flowers grow in groups of two to five. Each group has bright, round flower heads. These heads contain 15 to 21 golden-yellow flowers.

After the flowers, seed pods start to form. These seed pods are coiled up and are about 4 to 5 millimeters wide. Inside them, you'll find shiny black seeds. The seeds are oval or egg-shaped and are about 3 millimeters long.

Where It Lives

This shrub grows naturally in the eastern Wheatbelt and Goldfields-Esperance areas of Western Australia. You can find it in low-lying spots, on sandy plains, and on sand dunes. It prefers to grow in sandy or clay soils.

The area where it lives stretches from Newdegate in the west to near Balladonia in the east. It often grows as part of a plant community with mallee trees or Eucalyptus woodlands.

Plant Family

Acacia camptoclada is part of a group of plants known as the Acacia prainii group. It is very similar to other plants in this group, like Acacia dorsenna and Acacia prainii.

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  Where Acacia camptoclada is found in Australia