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Acacia gordonii

Acacia gordonii
Photo: Murray Fagg, CC BY 3.0 au
Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
CE. New South Wales
Climate
subtropical

About

Acacia gordonii commonly known as Gordon's wattle, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to a small area of New South Wales, Australia. It is an erect or spreading shrub with smooth bark, straight or slightly curved, more or less spirally arranged phyllodes, spherical heads of bright, deep golden yellow flowers, and oblong to narrowly oblong, glabrous, thinly leathery pods.

Where it grows

Gordon's wattle grows in forest and heath near sandstone outcrops north-west of Sydney in two locations in the lower Blue Mountains and in the Maroota-Glenorie area.

Other Acacia plants

Acacia abbatiana · Acacia abbreviata · Acacia abrupta · Acacia acanthaster · Harrow Wattle · Acacia acellerata · Gold-dust acacia · Acacia aciphylla · Acacia acoma · Acacia acradenia · Strap Leaved Wattle · Acacia acuaria

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Acacia gordonii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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