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Service Notice

The Western Australian Herbarium’s collections management system, WAHerb, and DBCA’s taxonomic names application, WACensus, have been set to read-only mode since 1 October 2025. Recent taxonomic changes are not reflected in Florabase, herbarium collections, or in the census. We are hoping to be able to reinstate services around December 15; we will provide an update at that time.

The notice period started at 9:00 am on Wednesday, 1 October 2025 +08:00 and will end at 12:00 pm on Monday, 15 December 2025 +08:00.

Acacia retivenea F.Muell. subsp. retivenea

Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect or straggly, open, divaricately branching shrub, 1-3 m high, phyllodes widely elliptic to sub-rotund. Fl. yellow, May to Aug. Skeletal sandy soils. Rocky grounds.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 21 July 1997

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Great Sandy Desert, Ord Victoria Plain.
IBRA Subregions
Fitzroy Trough, Hart, Mackay, Pentecost, Purnululu, South Kimberley Interzone.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Halls Creek, Wyndham-East Kimberley.