Acacia subtessarogona

Spreading gidgee
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Genus:	Acacia
Species:	A. subtessarogona
Binomial name
Acacia subtessarogona Tindale & Maslin

Acacia subtessarogona, commonly known as spreading gidgee, is a tree in the family Fabaceae. Endemic to Western Australia, it occurs only in a small area of the Gascoyne River catchment near Carnarvon.

Spreading gidgee grows as an upright tree to seven metres high. Like most Acacia species, it has phyllodes rather than true leaves. These are flat, curved, and about eleven centimetres long. The flowers are yellow. The pods are between six and twelve centimetres in length, and have a distinctive groove along each edge.

References

• "Acacia subtessarogona". Flora of Australia Online. Department of the Environment and Heritage, Australian Government.
• "Acacia subtessarogona". FloraBase. Department of Environment and Conservation, Government of Western Australia.
• Mitchell, A. A. and Wilcox, D. G. (1994). Arid Shrubland Plants of Western Australia, Second and Enlarged Edition. University of Western Australia Press, Nedlands, Western Australia. ISBN 1-875560-22-X.