- Acacia quadrimarginea
Taxobox
name = Granite wattle
regnum =Plantae
divisio =Magnoliophyta
classis =Magnoliopsida
ordo =Fabales
familia =Fabaceae
genus = "Acacia "
species = "A. quadrimarginea"
binomial = "Acacia quadrimarginea"
binomial_authority = F.Muell"Acacia quadrimarginea", commonly known as granite wattle or spreading wattle, is a
tree in the familyFabaceae . Endemic toWestern Australia , it occurs through arid south-central Western Australia. It is common ongranite , but also occurs on sand and clay, and is often seen along creeklines in rocky hills.Granite wattle grows as a small tree up to six metres high, and often wider than it is high. Like most "
Acacia " species, it hasphyllode s rather than true leaves. These are green with a faint red margin, up to ten centimetres long, and slightly curved. The flowers are yellow, and held in cylindrical clusters. The pods are four sided and thick, up to fifteen centimetres long.References
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