Acacia uncifolia

Acacia uncifolia, commonly known as coast wirilda, is a wattle endemic to south-eastern Australia. It grows as a tall shrub or small tree, up to 2–6 m high and 2–4 m wide, in coastal areas of South Australia and Victoria, as well as on Tasmania’s Flinders Island and possibly other islands in Bass Strait. Its preferred habitats are coastal heathland, shrubland and dry open woodland on calcarenite soils. The phyllodes have hooked tips and the flowers are pale yellow. It is a host of the wireleaf mistletoe. It is listed as Rare under Tasmania's Threatened Species Protection Act 1995.[1][2]

Acacia uncifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Clade: Mimosoideae
Genus: Acacia
Species:
A. uncifolia
Binomial name
Acacia uncifolia
(J.M.Black) O'Leary[1]
Occurrence data from AVH
Synonyms
  • Acacia retinoides var. uncifolia

References
  1. "Acacia uncifolia" (PDF). Threatened Flora of Tasmania. Department of Primary Industries and Water, Hobart. 1 September 2008. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
  2. Longmore, Sue; Smithyman, Steve; Crawley, Matt (2010). Coastal Plants of the Bellarine Peninsula. Bellarine Catchment Network.


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