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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> {{Inc| 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. {{SCH}} }} ==Cultivation== {{edit-cult}} ===Propagation=== {{edit-prop}} ===Pests and diseases=== {{edit-pests}} ==Species==  ==Gallery== {{photo-sources}} <gallery perrow=5> Image:Upload.png| photo 1 Image:Acacia cultriformis leaves.jpg Image:Acacia cultriformis1.jpg Image:Acacia cultriformis2.jpg Image:Acacia cultriformis3.jpg </gallery> ==References== *[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963    ==External links== *{{wplink}} {{stub}} __NOTOC__

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