Plants of
South Australia
Acacia pteraneura
Fabaceae
Broad-wing Mulga,
Wintalyka
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Distribution by Herbarium region
Adelaide
Arkaroola
Ceduna
Coober Pedy
Hawker
Innamincka
Marla
Marree
Mount Gambier
Oodnadatta
Renmark
Wudinna
Keith
Yunta

Prior names

Racosperma aneurum var. coniferum

Acacia aneura var. conifera

Acacia aneura, partly

Common names

Broad-wing Mulga

Wintalyka

Etymology

Acacia from the Greek 'akakia' and derived from 'ake' or 'akis 'meaning a sharp point or thorn and 'akazo' meaning to sharpen. Dioscorides, the Greek physician and botanist used the word in the 1st century AD for the Egyptian thorn tree, Acacia Arabica. Pteraneura from the Greek 'pteron' meaning a wing, referring to the very brown wing on the pod of this specioes and 'aneura' from the Greek 'a' meaning not or without and 'neuron' meaning a nerve, referring to the obscure veins on the phyllodes.

Distribution and status

Found in the northern part of South Australia, growing stony plains and low rocky hills. Also found in Western Australia and the Northern Territory.
Herbarium region: Lake Eyre
AVH map: SA distribution map (external link)

Seed collection and propagation

Collect seeds between September and November.