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Acacia lanuginophylla

Scientific Name: Acacia lanuginophylla

Family: Fabaceae

Category: Dicot

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Acacia lanuginophylla: Woolly Wattle

Acacia lanuginophylla, commonly known as Woolly Wattle, is a species of Acacia.

Considerations for Pets

  • This plant is a shrub, and some shrub-like Acacia species can have prickly or sharp structures.

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

  • Scientific Name: Acacia lanuginophylla R.S. Cowan & Maslin
  • Common Name: Woolly Wattle
  • Family: Fabaceae (Leguminosae)
  • Genus: Acacia Mill.
  • Synonym: Acacia lanuginosa C.A. Gardner (though Acacia lanuginophylla is the preferred name)
  • Higher Taxon: Acacieae

Distribution and Habitat

  • The text mentions that it is found in Australia.
  • Photographs of the plant have been taken at the Olive Pink Botanic Gardens, NT.

Conservation Status

  • Declared as Rare Flora in 1991 under the Western Australian Wildlife Conservation Act 1950.
  • Currently ranked as Vulnerable.

Morphological Characteristics

  • Dense to open, domed, erect or spreading shrub.
  • Typically grows to a height of 0.5-1.2 meters.
  • Develops a bare stem, creating a thick crown.
  • Branchlets are present.
  • In autumn, it can assume a yellow coloring.
  • Evergreen shrub in plant type.
  • Hardiness zones: 9-10.
  • Sunlight: hot overhead sun to warm low sun.
  • Soil Moisture: dry.

Nomenclature Information

  • The species was described and named in 1990 by Richard Sumner Cowan and Bruce R. Maslin.
  • The name *lanuginophylla* means "very woolly," referring to the phyllodes of the plant that are covered in grey hairs.

Further Information

  • Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.
  • Australian Plant Census
  • Australian Plant Name Index
  • NYBG Virtual Herbarium
  • The Plant List
  • IPNI
  • Western Australian Herbarium (PERTH)
  • Discover Life
  • ANBG (Australian National Botanic Gardens) photo archive

Resources

  • Adopted/Made Recovery Plans, National recovery plan for the Woolly Wattle ( Acacia lanuginophylla) (Department of Environment and Conservation, 2008)
  • Woolly wattle (Acacia lanuginophylla) interim recovery plan, 2008-2013 / prepared by Craig Douglas et al.
  • Woolly wattle (Acacia lanuginophylla) recovery / prepared by Craig Douglas et al..