
FABACEAE Acacia hemitelesAcacia hemiteles is a dense spreading shrub to about 2 m high. Most of the phyllodes are sickle- shaped and are bluish in appearance.
This plant was about 1 m high.
FABACEAE Acacia hemitelesAcacia hemiteles occurs over much of the grain growing area, the goldfields and into the western Nullarbor.
This photo shows flower buds and bluish sickle shaped leaves.
FABACEAE Acacia hemitelesAcacia hemiteles
FABACEAE Acacia lasiocalyxAcacia lasiocalyx has long slender phyllodes with a curved tip, and a weeping habit. The branchlets have a white powdery coating. The species occurs through much of southern Western Australia south of Enneaba and Kalgoorlie, but not in limestone or forest country.
FABACEAE Acacia lasiocalyx seed podsAcacia lasiocalyx seed pods.
FABACEAE Acacia lasiocalyxAcacia lasiocalyx is a tree or shrub which can grow to 12 m high, It usually has a weeping habit. The species is often associated with granite rocks. This one was on disturbed ground within the perimeter of the local cemetery.
FABACEAE Acacia merralliiMERRALL'S WATTLE. Acacia merrallii is a mound-shaped wattle shrub to 1 m high. It occurs in the central and southern wheatbelt, the goldfields, the Nullarbor, and southern South Australia.
FABACEAE Acacia neurophyllaAcacia neurophylla subsp. erugata is an erect tree or shrub up to 5 m high.
FABACEAE Acacia neurophyllaAcacia neurophylla subsp. erugata has stiff leaves (phyllodes) with several clearly visible nerves.
FABACEAE Acacia neurophylla subsp. erugataAcacia neurophylla subsp. erugata. 'Neurophylla' means nerve leaf. 'Erugata' means smooth and refers to the orange coloured part joining the stem and the phyllode. In the other subspecies of Acacia neurophylla, this part is wrinkled.
FABACEAE Acacia neurophyllaAcacia neurophylla subsp. erugata is a mostly inland species occurring from Shark Bay, south to Corrigin and east to the Die Hardy Range.
FABACEAE Acacia sessilispicaAcacia sessilispica is a bushy rounded shrub to 3 m high. It is found mostly near granite outcrops. It has long, flexible phyllodes.The flower heads are often longer than in this photo. It has a smaller range than many of the Westonia Common wattles, occurring mostly in the wheatbelt between Ballidu and Ravensthorpe.
FABACEAE Acacia tetragonophyllaKURARA. Acacia tetragonophylla is a straggly and prickly shrub or tree up to 5 m high. This one was 2 m high.
FABACEAE Acacia tetragonophyllaKURARA. Acacia tetragonophylla grows in arid and semi-arid conditions in the latitudes between the Pilbara and Norseman in Western Australia and in all other mainland States except Victoria.
FABACEAE Acacia tetragonophyllaKURARA. Acacia tetragonophylla. 'Tetragonophylla' means four equal angles of the leaf i.e. the leaf (phyllode) is square in cross section.