Photos and information about the species we grow,
and perhaps about a few we might like to grow in the
future
FAMILY
MIMOSACEAE
Nursery List
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