Acacia stenoptera
{{Short description|Species of legume}}
{{Speciesbox
|name = Narrow winged wattle
|image = Acacia stenoptera 5500.jpg
|genus = Acacia
|species = stenoptera
|authority = Benth.{{APNI | name =Acacia stenoptera Benth. | id =16297 | accessdate = 8 April 2014 }}
|synonyms = Racosperma stenopterum (Benth.) Pedley
|range_map = Acacia stenopteraDistMap852.png
|range_map_caption = Occurrence data from AVH
}}
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Acacia stenoptera, commonly known as narrow-winged wattle, is a species of wattle that is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia.
Description
It is a rigid and prickly shrub that typically grows to a height of {{convert|0.2|to|0.7|m|ft|1}} but can reach as high as {{convert|2|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}. It can have a scrambling, sprawling or tangled erect habit. The shrub has ridged stems and curving spine-tipped phyllodes that form continuous wings along the stem.{{cite book|title=Wildflowers of Southern Western Australia|author=Margaret G. Corrick, Bruce Alexander Fuhrer|publisher=Rosenburg Publishing|year=2009|isbn=9781877058844}}
It produces globular, cream or yellow flowerheads between March and December in the species' native range.{{FloraBase|name=Acacia stenoptera Benth.|id=3557}}
After flowering it will produce quadrangular seed pods that are {{convert|3|to|7|cm|in|1}} long with prominent ridges.
Taxonomy
The species was first formally described by the botanist George Bentham in 1842 as part of William Jackson Hooker work Notes on Mimoseae, with a synopsis of species as published in the London Journal of Botany.
The species was reclassified as Racosperma stenopterum in 2003 by Leslie Pedley then transferred back to the genus Acacia in 2006.{{cite web|url=https://bie.ala.org.au/species/http://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2900342#names|title=Acacia stenoptera Benth.|accessdate=30 August 2018|work=Atlas of Living Australia|publisher=Global Biodiversity Information Facility}}
Distribution
The shrub is found from the Mid West, Wheatbelt, Peel, South West and Great Southern regions of Western Australia where it is found in a variety of habitats growing in sandy soils often around laterite.
See also
References
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External links
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20180529204225/http://worldwidewattle.com/speciesgallery/stenoptera.php World wide wattle: Acacia stenoptera.] Accessed 29 May 2018.
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Category:Acacias of Western Australia