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Acacia
provincialis (perennial wattle or wirilda) is
a common species on mainland Australia that has become
established as a weed in Tasmania.
It is a shrub or small tree, 6-8 m high, with smooth, grey
bark and angled or flattened branchlets which are often waxy
and reddish-brown. Phyllodes are narrow with one main vein.
They are 7-22 cm long, 3-16 mm wide, glabrous, usually
glaucous to ashen green and gradually narrowed towards the
tip. The globular flower heads, each with 30-50 tiny
flowers, are grouped in racemes.
Pods are linear, to 16 cm long and 5-7 mm wide.
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University of Tasmania