Acacia alata, commonly known as winged wattle,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia.

[7] The names of four varieties of A. alata are accepted by the Australian Plant Census: Acacia alata grows in a variety of soils near water, rocky hills, breakaways, slat pans and clay flats between Port Gregory and Albany in the Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain and Warren bioregions of south-western Western Australia.

[3][2] Variety alata often grows near creeks in forest and woodland and has a discontinous distribution, between Perth, Collie, Cape Naturaliste and Manjimup, between Denmark and Albany, with an outlier near Three Springs.

[9][10] Variety biglandulosa grows in loam and sand, usually in heath, between Port Gregory and Mount Michael about 35 km (22 mi) south-east of Geraldton.

[16][19] Acacia alata and three of its varieties are list as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions,[2][10][17][19] but var.