Flora of Victoria

Branchlets densely covered in spreading hairs. Phyllodes linear-elliptic to narrowly obovate, mostly 3–5.5 cm long and 3–7 mm wide, sharply pungent, acute, often mucronate or cuspidate; gland mostly 3.5–13 above pulvinus. Peduncles 2–4 mm long, minutely hairy to glabrous; heads globular to subglobular, c. 6.5 mm diam. Flowers Jun.–Oct.

CVU, HNF, HSF, MuF, NIS, VRiv. Also NSW. Confined to north-east in Victoria, particularly near Mt Pilot and Pine Mountain. Growing in open eucalypt forest on shale and granite hills in shallow stony or sandy soils.

Populations of this variety from the southern end of the range are less densely hairy and approach var. whanii.

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.

life Life

kingdom Plantae

phylum Tracheophyta

class Magnoliopsida

superorder Rosanae

order Fabales

family Fabaceae

genus Acacia

species Acacia lanigera A.Cunn.

Higher taxa

variety Acacia lanigera var. lanigera

Victoria

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

Bioregion	Occurrence status	Establishment means
Victorian Riverina	present	native
Murray Fans	present	native
Central Victorian Uplands	present	native
Northern Inland Slopes	present	native
Highlands-Southern Fall	present	native
Highlands-Northern Fall	present	native

Bioregions of Victoria

State distribution

State
New South Wales
Australian Capital Territory
Victoria