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Scientific Name: | Acacia retinodes | ![Wirilda on sand dune](../../vroimages.nsf/Images/sip_wirilda_sand_dune/$File/wirilda_sand_dune.jpg)
Wirilda shrub on sand dune
Photo: A J Brown |
Status: |
Australian native.
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Plant Description: |
Shrub to small tree, 5-10 m tall with somewhat weeping branches. Phyllodes (modified leaves) 3-22 cm long and 3-15 mm wide and thin, smooth, green to glaucous with obscure veins and glands.
Flowers light gold to cream, in globular heads on short racemes. Seed pods to 16 cm long and 5-7 mm wide and seeds 4-6 mm long and dull to slightly shiny, dark brown to black. |
Habitat: |
Two varieties recognised; var. retinoides scattered in open forest in poorly drained soils throughout central-west Victoria to the Wimmera and Western District and var. uncifolia from Port Phillip Bay and Wilsons Promontory where it grows in coastal dunes and near saltmarsh. Trees growing in wetter conditions, tend to have a more wispy habit than those in drier environments.
Region | | |
Central and Northern, Wimmera | S0, S1, S2, S3 | W1, W2 |
Western, Gippsland | S0, S1, S2, S3 | *W0, W1, W2 |
*on coastal dunes |
Wirilda Photos
![Wirilda flowers](../../vroimages.nsf/Images/sip_wirilda_flowers/$File/wirilda_flowers1.jpg)
Wirilda flowers
Photo: A J Brown | ![Leaves and flowers of Wirilda](../../vroimages.nsf/Images/sip_wirilda_flowers_leaves/$File/wirilda_flowers_leaves1.jpg)
Flowers and leaves of Wirilda
Photo: A J Brown |
![Wirilda mature pod - split](../../vroimages.nsf/Images/sip_wirilda_mature_pod/$File/wirilda_mature_pod_split1.jpg)
Split mature pod of Wirilda
Photo: A J Brown
| ![Wirilda leaves](../../vroimages.nsf/Images/sip_wirilda_leaves/$File/wirilda_leaves1.jpg)
Wirilda leaves
Photo: A J Brown
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![Wirilda green pod](../../vroimages.nsf/Images/sip_wirilda_green_pod/$File/wirilda_green_pod1.jpg)
Green pod of Wirilda
Photo: A J Brown
| ![Wirilda tree trunk](../../vroimages.nsf/Images/sip_wirilda_tree_trunk/$File/wirilda_tree_trunk1.jpg)
Wirilda tree trunk
Photo: A J Brown
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Related Links
Florabank - Acacia retinodes (external link)