Acacia extensa

Taxobox
name = Wiry Wattle


regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Fabales
familia = Fabaceae
subfamilia = Mimosoideae
genus = "Acacia"
species = "A. extensa"
binomial = "Acacia extensa"
binomial_authority = Lindl.
synonyms=
*"Acacia calamistrata" Jacq.
*"Acacia graminea" sensu Lehm.
*"Acacia pentaedra" Regel [cite web|url=http://www.ildis.org/LegumeWeb?version~10.01&LegumeWeb&tno~23023|title=Western Australian Natives Resistant to Phytophthora cinnamomi|year=2006|accessdate=2007-10-01]

"Acacia extensa" (Wiry Wattle) is an erect shrub that is native to the South West corner of Western Australia. This particular species is resistant to dieback. [cite web|url=http://www.cpsm.murdoch.edu.au/downloads/resources/natives_resistant.pdf|title=ILDIS Legumeweb - Acacia extensa|year=2005|accessdate=2007-10-01]

Habit

The Wiry Wattle is a perennial evergreen shrub that grows to a height of convert|2|m|ft|0 tall, [cite web|url=http://www.anbg.gov.au/acacia/species/A-extensa.html|title=Australian National Botanic Garden - Acacia extensa|year=2007|accessdate=2007-10-01] although it can grow taller under cultivation.This occasionally weeping bush produces angled glabrous branchlets that are green with yellowish ribs. [cite web|url=http://www.worldwidewattle.com/speciesgallery/extensa.php?id=3331|title=World Wide Wattle - Acacia extensa|year=2005|accessdate=2007-10-01] The foliage are light green filiform pyllodites that are scattered along the branchlets that they resemble, they are typically convert|6|cm|in|0 to convert|24|cm|in|0 in length and convert|0.75|mm|in|0|lk=on to convert|2|mm|in|0 in width."A. extensa" typically flowers in spring (between August and October) and produces yellow ball shaped blossoms that are generally less than convert|1|cm|in|0 in diameter off short stem stalks called racemes. [cite web|url=http://florabase.calm.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/3331|title=FloraBase WA - Acacia extensa Lindl|year=2007|accessdate=2007-10-01]

Range

"A. extensa" is found in the South West corner of Western Australia. The species is found as far east as Albany and as far North as Leeman. This species prefers sandy or sandy lateritic soils generally in damp areas such as along water courses or near lakes and swamps.

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