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Acacia baileyana or Cootamundra wattle is a shrub or tree in the flowering plant family Fabaceae. The scientific name of the species honours the botanist Frederick Manson Bailey . It is indigenous to a very small area in southern inland New South Wales, comprising Temora, Cootamundra, Stockinbingal and Bethungra districts.
Woman buying wattle for Wattle Day, Sydney, 1935 Wattle Day is a day of celebration in Australia on the first day of September each year, [ 1 ] which is the start of the Australian spring. [ 2 ] This is the time when many Acacia species (commonly called wattles in Australia), are in flower.
Acacia pubescens, also known as the downy wattle, is a species of wattle found in the Sydney Basin in eastern New South Wales. The downy wattle is classified as vulnerable; much of its habitat has vanished with the growth of the city of Sydney. As with all wattles, it has compound leaf stems.
Acacia provincialis, commonly known as swamp wattle [1] or wirilda [2] or water wattle or perennial wattle, [3] is a tree or shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Phyllodineae native to southern and south eastern Australia.
Sketch of Acacia cyclops phyllodes and flowers Sketches of various Acacia including A. cyclops seed pod at bottom right. Acacia cyclops, commonly known as coastal wattle, [2] cyclops wattle, one-eyed wattle, red-eyed wattle, redwreath acacia, western coastal wattle, rooikrans, rooikrans acacia, [3] is a coastal shrub or small tree in the family Fabaceae.
Acacia leprosa, also known as cinnamon wattle, is an acacia native to Australia. It occurs in woodland in Tasmania, New South Wales and Victoria. It occurs as a hardy shrub or small tree. The phyllodes (a modified flat leaf-like structure arising through an expanded petiole replacing the leaf blade) are 3–14 cm long and contain oil glands.
The wattle is slender shrub or small and spreading tree that grows to a height of about 5 m (16 ft). It has dry and membranous stipules that are usually less than 0.5 mm (0.020 in) in length. Like most species of Acacia it has phyllodes rather than true leaves. The thin and dark green phyllodes have a linear and are usually straight with a ...
Acacia myrtifolia, known colloquially as myrtle wattle, red stem wattle [1] or red-stemmed wattle, is a species of Acacia native to coastal areas of southern and eastern Australia. Description [ edit ]