Acacia leucolobia facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Acacia leucolobia |
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Acacia
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leucolobia
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Racosperma leucolobium (Sweet) Pedley |
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Acacia leucolobia is a shrub of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Phyllodineae that is endemic to eastern Australia.
Description
The shrub typically grows to a height of 3 metres (10 ft) and has a spreading habit. patent to reflexed phyllodes that have a narrowly oblong-elliptic to lanceolate shape.
Distribution
It is native to an area of New South Wales from around Coolah in the north down to around Katoomba in the south and from around Bowral to Wingello as a part of open Eucalyptus woodland communities.
Taxonomy and naming
It was first described in 1830 by Robert Sweet. The specific epithet, leucolobia, is an adjective describing the plant as "white-podded".
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