 B.R. Maslin, B.J. Lepschi & S.G. Webster, 7673 |
Species
Acacia volubilis F.Muell.Original Distribution
Australia, Western Australia
Habitat
Often found in gravelly sandExtinction Data
Listed Extinct by WCMC 1996
Description
Dense, compact, domes, circular plant 0.3-0.4 x 1m, branches entangled. Branches light green, sulcate, serpentinous to cirrous at tips, phyllodes light green, difficult to ditinguish from branchlets. Heads bright golden, 8mm diam., at full athesis but flowers just beginning to 'go off'
Number of Specimens at Kew
4
Specimen Type (Y/N)
N
Kew Herbcat Barcode Number
K000518063
Collector
B.R. Maslin, B.J. Lepschi & S.G. Webster
Collector Number
7673
Date Collected
22nd June 1997
Other Information
aka Tangle Wattle
Information Sources
Briggs, J.D. & Leigh, J.H. (1996) Rare or threatened Australian Plants. CSIRO publishing, Melbourne.Walter, K.S. and Gillett, H.J. (eds) (1998). 1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants. Compiled by the World Conservation Monitoring Centre IUCN – The World Conservation Union, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.