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Acacia undulifolia A.Cunn. ex G.Lodd.
Family Fabaceae
Subfamily Mimosoideae
Acacia undulifolia A.Cunn. ex G.Lodd. APNI*

Synonyms: Racosperma undulifolium (A.Cunn. ex G.Don) Pedley APNI*

Description: Open shrub to 3 m high, with branches ± erect to inclined with the segments upwardly curved to straight; branchlets ridged or angled becoming somewhat terete with age, moderately to sparsely hairy.

Phyllodes rotated to 30–60o from the plane of the branchlet or rarely vertical, ± broadly ovate to broadly elliptic, rarely ± circular, slightly asymmetric, 1–3.5 cm long, 6–26 mm wide, green to grey-green or blue-green, sparsely hairy or glabrous, midvein subprominent, lateral veins faint, margins undulate, base obliquely obtuse or sometimes acute to ± truncate, apex acuminate to acute or obtuse and mucronate; 1 gland to 1/8 the length of the phyllode above base.

Inflorescences 1 in axil of reduced phyllodes; peduncles 6–16 mm long, hairy; heads globose, 20–30-flowered, 5–8 mm diam., pale yellow.

Pods straight, flat, 4–9 cm long, 16–24 mm wide, leathery to firm, glabrous, subglossy; seeds transverse; funicle filiform, arilate.


Illustration
T. Tame

Fruit
Photo T.M. Tame

Flowering: October–November.

Distribution and occurrence: west from Bucketty area to Megalong Valley.

Grows mostly in stony, sandy loams derived from sandstones.
NSW subdivisions: CC, CT, CWS
AVH map***

The name refers to undulate phyllodes, particularly evident on young growth. May be confused with Acacia piligera which has larger yellow flower heads.

Text by P.G. Kodela
Taxon concept: P.G. Kodela & G.J. Harden, Flora of NSW Vol. 2 (2002); B.J. Conn & T.M. Tame, Australian Systematic Botany 9(6): 827-857 (1996)


APNI* Provides a link to the Australian Plant Name Index (hosted by the Australian National Botanic Gardens) for comprehensive bibliographic data
***The AVH map option provides a detailed interactive Australia wide distribution map drawn from collections held by all major Australian herbaria participating in the Australian Virtual Herbarium project.
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