Acacia mitchellii

Acacia mitchellii
Acacia mitchelii, Brisbane Ranges National Park, Victoria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Genus:	Acacia
Species:	A. mitchellii
Binomial name
Acacia mitchellii Benth.[1]
Synonyms
Racosperma mitchellii (Benth.) Pedley

Acacia mitchellii, commonly known as Mitchell's Wattle, is an erect or spreading shrub which is endemic to Australia.^[2] It grows to up to 2 metres high and has small bipinnate leaves. The pale yellow globular flowerheads appear in groups of 1 to 3 in the axils of the phyllodes followed by straight or curved seed pods which are 1.8 to 5 cm long and 4 to 8 mm wide.^[3]

The species was first formally described by English botanist George Bentham in the London Journal of Botany in 1842 based on a collection made during Thomas Mitchell's expedition through the interior of New South Wales.^[1] It occurs near Mount Gambier in South Australia, central and western Victoria and the Northern Tablelands of New South Wales. It grows on sandy or gravelly soils in heathland and open-woodland.^[3]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Acacia mitchellii". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=Acacia+mitchellii. Retrieved 2010-08-30. 
2. ^ "Acacia mitchellii". PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia. http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Acacia~mitchellii. Retrieved 2009-08-30. 
3. ^ ^{a b} "Acacia mitchellii". Flora of Australia Online. Department of the Environment and Heritage, Australian Government. http://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/online-resources/flora/stddisplay.xsql?pnid=40902.