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Acacia oxycedrus

Acacia oxycedrus
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Acacia oxycedrus, Bunyip State Park, Victoria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Acacia
Species: A. oxycedrus
Binomial name
Acacia oxycedrus
Sieber ex DC.

Acacia oxycedrus, commonly known as spike wattle, is an erect or spreading shrub which is endemic to Australia.

It grows to up to 2 metres high and has sharp-pointed phyllodes with 3 or 4 prominent longitudinal veins. The bright yellow to pale yellow cylindrical flowerheads appear in groups of 1 to 3 in the axils of the phyllodes from July to October, followed by straight or slightly curved seed pods which are 4 to 10 cm long and 3 to 6 mm wide.

The species occurs on sandy soil in dry sclerophyll forest or heath in South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales.



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