Common Name: Angled Wattle
Botanical Name: Acacia anceps
Family: LEGUMINOSAE
Description:
Erect, spreading shrub, 1-2 m high, commonly branching from the ground and often wider than tall. Phyllodes thick, rigid, broad, 1-veined, light green, 2-5 cm long by 1-3 cm wide. Golden yellow, globular flower heads, solitary (not in racemes) on short stalks (1-2 cm long) in leaf axil. September to February (spring to summer). Brown, flat (raised over seeds), relatively broad pods, 2.5-5 cm long by 1 cm wide. Summer (December to January).
Erect, spreading shrub, 1-2 m high, commonly branching from the ground and often wider than tall. Phyllodes thick, rigid, broad, 1-veined, light green, 2-5 cm long by 1-3 cm wide. Golden yellow, globular flower heads, solitary (not in racemes) on short stalks (1-2 cm long) in leaf axil. September to February (spring to summer). Brown, flat (raised over seeds), relatively broad pods, 2.5-5 cm long by 1 cm wide. Summer (December to January).
Natural Distribution:
Restricted to coastal areas of the southern Yorke Peninsula and south-western Eyre Peninsula (annual rainfall 200-500 mm). Also occurs in WA.
Restricted to coastal areas of the southern Yorke Peninsula and south-western Eyre Peninsula (annual rainfall 200-500 mm). Also occurs in WA.
Notes:
Endemic to SA. Associated with coastal dune or Coastal Mallee (Eucalyptus diversifolia) vegetation. May be confused with Acacia brachybotrya.
Endemic to SA. Associated with coastal dune or Coastal Mallee (Eucalyptus diversifolia) vegetation. May be confused with Acacia brachybotrya.
