Wirilda

Wirilda
Wirilda
Wirilda
Wirilda

Wirilda

Acacia provincialis


Pollinated by insects and occasionally birds. Dispersal of seeds occurs via ejection from the seed pod usually on hot days, or by birds eating the seed on the ground.


Details Description
Type
Shrub
Group
Wattle
Former Scientific Name
Acacia retinodes
Identifying Characteristics

Tall shrub or small tree. Long, slender leaves and golden ball-shaped inflorescence. Long, thin, blue-green phyllodes. Brown seed pod. Smooth, grey bark. Flowers in summer.

Distinctive Features

Phyllodes sometimes have a bloom that make them appear bluish in colour.

Life Form Group
Shrub
Life Form Codes
Medium Shrub (MS)
EVC types
EVC 68: Creekline Grassy Woodland
Native Status
Native to Australia
Taxonomy
Phylum
Charophyta
Class
Equisetopsida
Order
Fabales
Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Acacia
Species
provincialis
Wirilda
Found from south-eastern South Australia through to western Victoria.

Distribution maps indicate current and historic locations where species have been sighted.

Source: Atlas of Living Australia

Endangered Status
DEPI Advisory List
Not listed
FFG Act
Not listed
EPBC Act
Not listed

The conservation status of species is listed within Victoria and Australia.

The Department of Environment and Primary Industry (DEPI) Advisory List consists of non-statutory advisory lists of rare or threatened flora and fauna within Victoria.

The Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 (FFG Act) lists threatened species in Victoria. Under the Act, an Action Statement is produced for each listed species.

The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) is the Australian Government’s key piece of environmental legislation, listing nationally threatened native species and ecological communities.