Flora of Victoria

Spreading, tangled, rarely erect shrub to 5 m high and 15 m or more wide. Phyllodes linear or narrowly elliptic, 5–12 cm long, 10–30 mm wide, subcoriaceous, sometimes fleshy, rounded-obtuse or sometimes with a small mucronate point, often yellowish-green. Pods commonly coiled or contorted, often somewhat coriaceous and sometimes drawn out into a long beak. Flowers Jul.–Oct.

Brid, CVU, DunT, EGL, GipP, Glep, GGr, HSF, OtP, OtR, Strz, VRiv, VVP, WaP, WPro, Wim. Widespread in coastal sand-dunes and nearby heaths and woodlands, possibly invading the hinterland; also occurring in Grampians.

See A. oxycedrus for notes about hybrids with that species.

Source: Entwisle, T.J.; Maslin, B.R.; Cowan, R.S.; Court, A.B. (1996). Mimosaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J. (eds), Flora of Victoria Vol. 3, Dicotyledons Winteraceae to Myrtaceae. Inkata Press, Melbourne (as Acacia longifolia var. sophorae (Labill.) Benth.).

life Life

kingdom Plantae

phylum Tracheophyta

class Magnoliopsida

superorder Rosanae

order Fabales

family Fabaceae

genus Acacia

species Acacia longifolia (Andrews) Willd.

Higher taxa

subspecies Acacia longifolia subsp. sophorae (Labill.) Court

Synonyms

Victoria

**Source:** AVH (2014). *Australia's Virtual Herbarium*, Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria, <http://avh.chah.org.au>. Find Acacia longifolia subsp. sophorae in AVH ; *Victorian Biodiversity Atlas*, © The State of Victoria, Department of Environment and Primary Industries (published Dec. 2014) Find Acacia longifolia subsp. sophorae in Victorian Biodiversity Atlas

Bioregion	Occurrence status	Establishment means
Wimmera	present	native
Glenelg Plain	present	native
Bridgewater	present	native
Victorian Volcanic Plain	present	native
Victorian Riverina	present	native
Gippsland Plain	present	native
Otway Plain	present	native
Warrnambool Plain	present	native
Central Victorian Uplands	present	native
Greater Grampians	present	native
Dundas Tablelands	present	native
East Gippsland Lowlands	present	native
Wilsons Promontory	present	native
Highlands-Southern Fall	present	native
Otway Ranges	present	native
Strzelecki Ranges	present	native

Bioregions of Victoria

State distribution

State
Western Australia
Northern Territory
South Australia
Queensland
New South Wales
Australian Capital Territory
Victoria
Tasmania