Acacia drummondii
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Acacia drummondii, commonly known as Drummond's wattle,[1] is a flowering shrub in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It has yellow flowers and green to bluish-green foliage.
Description
Acacia drummondii is an erect and compact shrub that typically grows to a height of Script error: No such module "convert". and similar width. It a variable shrub, branches are thin and reddish, leaves bipinnate, mid-green to slightly bluish green, smooth or densely hairy. The yellow flowers are borne in leaf axils, rod-like, Template:Cvt long and scentless. Flowering occurs between June and October and the fruit is a rigid, pale, dark or brownish-grey pod, Template:Cvt long and Template:Cvt wide.[1][2][3]
Taxonomy and naming
The species was first formally described in 1839 by the botanist John Lindley as part of the work A Sketch of the Vegetation of the Swan River Colony.[4][5] It was reclassified by Leslie Pedley in 2003 as Racosperma drummondii then transferred back to the genus Acacia in 2006. The species name honours James Drummond, the Government Naturalist of the Swan River Colony.[1]
Distribution
Drummond's wattle has a disjunct distribution extending north through the Wheatbelt region and south to the Great Southern region around Albany. It is found in a variety of habitats including among granite outcrops, in gullies and low lying areas and on hillsides, and it grows well in sandy and gravelly soils often around laterite. It often forms part of the understorey in forest and woodland communities.[2]
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