Acacia ayersiana

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Habit in Alice Springs
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Pods

Acacia ayersiana, commonly known as Ayers Rock mulga, broad-leaf mulga, Uluru mulga,[1] or blue mulga,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to arid areas of inland Australia. It is a rounded or conical shrub with the narrower end towards the base or a singe-stemmed tree, its phyllodes narrowly elliptic to lance-shaped, the flowers yellow and arranged in cylindrical spikes, and papery pods up to Template:Cvt long on a short stalk.

Description

Acacia ayersiana grows as a rounded or conical, many-stemmed shrub Template:Cvt high and wide, sometimes as a single-stemmed tree Template:Cvt high. Its branchlets are covered with soft hairs pressed against the surface between red-brown ribs. Its phyllodes are narrowly elliptic to lance-shaped, mostly Template:Cvt long and Template:Cvt wide. The flowers are borne in spikes Template:Cvt long on a peduncle Template:Cvt long. Flowering has been recorded in February and from April to June, and the pods are oblong on a short stalk, Template:Cvt long and Template:Cvt wide and papery. The seeds are oblong, Template:Cvt long and Template:Cvt wide with a small white aril.[1][3][4][5][6]

Taxonomy

Acacia ayersiana was first formally published in 1978 by John Maconochie, based on specimens he collected at Ayers Rock in 1973.[4][7] The specific epithet (ayersiana) refers to Ayers Rock (Uluru) where the type specimen was collected.[1]

Distribution and habitat

Uluru mulga grows in low-lying areas and along creeks and swales and is widely distributed throughout arid and semi-arid parts of Australia, occurring in Western Australia,[6] South Australia,[2] and southern parts of the Northern Territory.[5]

See also

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