Acacia leptopetala
Acacia leptopetala is a shrub native to southwestern Australia. It forms a dense, multi‑stemmed plant that grows about 1–3 meters tall. The branchlets are smooth and often have a fine white powdery coating.
Like other Acacias, it has phyllodes instead of true leaves. The phyllodes are evergreen and glaucous, narrowly elliptic to narrowly oblanceolate, sometimes recurved, about 2–5.5 cm long and 3–11 mm wide, with a raised midrib.
It produces yellow flowers from November to January.
Taxonomy: It was first described by George Bentham in 1855 as Acacia leptopetala. It was reclassified as Racosperma leptopetalum in 2003 by Leslie Pedley and returned to Acacia in 2006.
Distribution: This species is native to Western Australia, occurring in the Great Southern, Wheatbelt, and Goldfields-Esperance regions. It grows on flats in a variety of soils—from loamy and clay to sandy loam, sand, and sandy gravel—within mallee scrub, from Bencubbin in the north to Nyabing in the southwest and Ravensthorpe in the east.
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