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|familia=Fabaceae
|genus=Acacia
|species=cultriformis
|common_name=Dogtooth Wattle, Half-moon W., Golden-glow W., Knife-leaf w., Ploughshare w.
|habit=shrub
|habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|Min ht box=6
|Min ht metric=ft
|Max ht box=12
|Max ht metric=ft
|height_ref=American Hort Society
|Min wd box=6
|Min wd metric=ft
|Max wd box=12
|Max wd metric=ft
|width_ref=American Hort Society
|origin=Australia
|lifespan=perennial
|life_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|exposure=sun
|sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|features=flowers
|flower_season=early spring, mid spring, late spring
|flower_ref=American Hort Society
|flowers=orange, yellow
|Temp Metric=°F
|min_zone=9
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|max_zone=10.5
|image=Acacia cultriformis4.jpg
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The '''Knife-leaf Wattle'''  (''Acacia cultriformis''), also known as the '''Dogtooth Wattle''', '''Half-moon Wattle''' or '''Golden-glow Wattle''', is a perennial tree or shrub of the [[genus]] ''[[Acacia]]'' native to [[Australia]].  It is widely cultivated, and has been found to have naturalised in [[Asia]], [[Africa]], [[North America]], [[New Zealand]] and [[South America]].<ref name="ildis"/>  ''Acacia cultriformis'' grows to a height of about 2-3 m.<ref>[http://asgap.org.au/a-cul.html Association of Societies for Growing Australian Plants (ASGAP)]</ref>

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Acacia cultriformis, Cunn. (A. cultrata, Ait.). A tall shrub with gray foliage thickly clothing the branches: phyll. with nerve-like margins, obliquely ovate to almost triangular, 1/2-l in. long, 1/4-1/2in. wide, with gland on upper edge one-third distance from base, the intervening edge straight and closely hugging the branchlets; vein excentric, much curved, ending in mucronate point: racemes axillary, much exceeding the phyll.; fls. 30-40 in a head; sepals half as long as petals; peduncles 1/4in. long: pod a rich brown, with nerve-like margins, 1  1/2-3 in. long, 1/4in. wide, occasionally constricted between the seed; seed oblong, longitudinal; funicle half as long as seed, silvery and enlarged into a cup-shaped aril almost from the beginning; ripe Sept., Oct. Fls. March, Apr. R.H. 1896, p. 503. J.H. III.34:131.—If kept well pruned it makes a good hedge. Has been cult. in Calif, for many years in the open, and is considered a desirable plant.
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==Cultivation==
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==Species==
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==References==
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->

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