Acacia nanopravissima explained

Acacia nanopravissima, also known as little kooka wattle,[1] is a shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Phyllodineae where it is endemic to south eastern Australia.

Description

The shrub typically grows to a height of but can reach as high as and has glabrous branchlets. The crowded green phyllodes have a markedly inequilateral shape with a length of and a width of . When it blooms between late August and early October,[1] it produces racemose inflorescences with spherical flower-heads that contain seven to nine golden coloured flowers.

Distribution

It is native to a small area in north eastern Victoria around Splitters Creek as a part of open forest communities growing in shallow sediment based soils.[2] It is confined to a small area to the south of Wulgulmerang in East Gippsland and is only found as a single small population in the upper catchment of Little River, a tributary of the Snowy River on the Wombargo Range.[1]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Acacia nanopravissima Molyneux & Forrester. 14 September 2019. Wattle - Acacias of Australia. Lucid Central.
  2. Web site: Acacia nanopravissima. 29 May 2019. World Wide Wattle. Western Australian Herbarium.