Flora of Victoria

Shrub or tree, usually 2–6 m high; branchlets glabrous, often glaucous when young. Phyllodes often pendulous, linear to lanceolate, usually 8–25 cm long and 4–20 mm wide (often considerably larger towards base of plant), usually tapering towards base and apex, straight or falcate, green to glaucous, glabrous, acute; pinnately veined, midrib prominent; gland at or near distal end of pulvinus; pulvinus 1–2(–3)mm long. Raceme with rachis 0.3–3(–6) cm long, glabrous; peduncles 5–15 mm long, glabrous; heads globular, 25–55-flowered (rarely more), bright orange-yellow; bracteoles minutely fimbriate. Flowers 5-merous; sepals united. Pods linear, usually 8–12 cm long, 4–6 mm wide, glabrous, margins slightly thickened; seeds longitudinal, oblong to elliptic, usually 5–6 mm long, shiny, dark brown to black, funicle short, aril clavate. Flowers Oct.–Nov.

*CVU, *GipP, *Glep, *Gold, *GGr, *HSF, *MuF, *MuM, *OtP, *OtR, *VRiv, *VVP, *WaP, *Wim. Also naturalised SA, Qld, NSW, Tas; native to WA. Widespread garden-escape in Victoria.

See notes under Acacia pycnantha.

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.

Updated by: Val Stajsic, 2019-04-11

life Life

kingdom Plantae

phylum Tracheophyta

class Magnoliopsida

superorder Rosanae

order Fabales

family Fabaceae

genus Acacia

Higher taxa

species Acacia saligna (Labill.) H.L.Wendl.

Synonyms

Racosperma salignum (Labill.) Pedley

Victoria

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

Bioregion	Occurrence status	Establishment means
Murray Mallee	present	naturalised
Wimmera	present	naturalised
Glenelg Plain	present	naturalised
Victorian Volcanic Plain	present	naturalised
Victorian Riverina	present	naturalised
Murray Fans	present	naturalised
Gippsland Plain	present	naturalised
Otway Plain	present	naturalised
Warrnambool Plain	present	naturalised
Goldfields	present	naturalised
Central Victorian Uplands	present	naturalised
Greater Grampians	present	naturalised
Highlands-Southern Fall	present	naturalised
Otway Ranges	present	naturalised

Bioregions of Victoria

State distribution

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

Acacia saligna (Labill.) H.L.Wendl.

Orange Wattle

Synonyms

Victoria

State distribution