Photos and information about the species we grow, and perhaps about a few we might like to grow in the future
FAMILY
MIMOSACEAE
Scientific name
Acacia lateriticola
Common name
Acacia lateriticola Quindalup Photos: Richard Clark 15th August 2008
A map showing the distribution of Mimosaceae in Western Australia here. There is a page on the Mimosaceae family in Flora of Australia Online. A note on the Mimosaceae family in the Wikipedia here. - showing Mimisoideae as a subfamily of the family Fabaceae. This is not a 'mistake', but a different classification system, APGII.]
A map showing the distribution of Acacia in Western Australia here.
A note on the Acacia genus in the Wikipedia A general ANBG page on the genus Acacia.
There are around 1000 acacia species in Australia.
Horticultural note: There are two Acacia lateriticola species in this neighbourhood. The other species is non-hairy: Acacia lateriticola glabrous variant
