Flora of Victoria

Somewhat diffuse, glabrous, viscid shrub, 1–2.5 m high; branchlets ribbed. Phyllodes patent, sessile, narrowly triangular to linear-triangular, 0.5–2.5 cm long, 1.5–3 mm wide, straight or slightly curved, rigid, green, pungent, cusp slender; midrib prominent; gland 0.5–2 mm above base; stipules apparently absent. Peduncles 1 per axil, 5–15 mm long, basal bracts 2; heads globular, 20–25-flowered, cream to pale yellow. Flowers 4-merous; sepals more or less free. Pods linear, to 7 cm long, 3–4.5 mm wide, thinly coriaceous, straight to curved, finely longitudinally and openly reticulate, light brown; seeds longitudinal, oblong to narrowly elliptic, 4.5–5.5 mm long, dark brown, aril terminal. Flowers usually Nov.–Mar.

CVU, DunT, Gold, GGr, MonT, Wim, *HSF. Also SA. Restricted in Victoria to rocky areas around Mt Arapiles and apparently the northern parts of the Grampians (but latter localities not represented in MEL). Seedlings have been reported from near at least one planting elsewhere in the state (Wonga Park). A record of this species from the Little River Gorge in East Gippsland requires further confirmation.

Acacia ulicifolia has somewhat similar phyllodes and heads but it is a non-resinous shrub with 5-merous flowers and non-arillate seeds. Acacia oxycedrus has similar phyllodes except that they are multiveined, and it has spicate inflorescences.

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, 2019-02-19

life Life

kingdom Plantae

phylum Tracheophyta

class Magnoliopsida

superorder Rosanae

order Fabales

family Fabaceae

genus Acacia

Higher taxa

species Acacia rupicola F.Muell. ex Benth.

Victoria

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

Bioregion	Occurrence status	Establishment means
Wimmera	present	native
Gippsland Plain	present	cultivated
Otway Plain	present	cultivated
Goldfields	present	native
Central Victorian Uplands	present	native
Greater Grampians	present	native
Dundas Tablelands	present	native
Highlands-Southern Fall	present	naturalised
Monaro Tablelands	present	native

Bioregions of Victoria

State distribution

State
South Australia
New South Wales
Australian Capital Territory
Victoria

Acacia rupicola F.Muell. ex Benth.

Rock Wattle

Victoria

State distribution