Christmas Tree Mulga

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Mon, 26 Feb 2018 00:08:00 GMT

Trees to 6-8 m tall, with a single, straight, erect trunk and relatively short, horizontally spreading lateral branches from base to apex (rendering the plants a conifer-like habit). Branchlets resin-ribbed at extremities, with minute, silvery, straight appressed hairs. Brachyblasts absent or few, when present there are 3 or 4 phyllodes in nodose clusters about 3 mm long. New shoots (at least when dry) dark reddish brown. Phyllodes narrowly linear, (30-) 40-70 mm long, 1-2 mm wide, flat, sub-straight to shallowly sigmoid or shallowly to strongly curved, grey-green to sub-glaucous, sometimes slightly kinked at the gland (as in A. paraneura); parallel longitudinal nerves numerous, fine, close together, resinous and of uniform prominence. Inflorescences simple; flowers not seen but judging from fruiting receptacle the spikes are 10-13 mm long; peduncles (few seen) 5-8 mm long. Sepals free, linear-spathulate. Pods 15-45 mm long, 9-12 mm wide, reticulately nerved, minutely appressed -hairy; marginal wing absent or present (see discussion under Variation below). Seeds transverse in the pods, 4-5 mm long, 3-4 mm wide.
Family: Fabaceae Genus: Acacia Species: aneura var.conifera Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Fabaceae Acacia aneura var.conifera Wildflowers

Christmas Tree Mulga