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Acacia uncifolia

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Genus
  
Acacia

Order
  
Fabales

Family
  
Fabaceae

Rank
  
Species

Similar
  
Acacia, Acacia mitchellii, Acacia stictophylla, Acacia rostriformis, Acacia farinosa

Acacia uncifolia, commonly known as coast wirilda, is an 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.

References

Acacia uncifolia Wikipedia