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'''''Acacia retinodes''''' is a perennial tree which is widely distributed throughout the world. It is unusual amongst the ''Acacias'', since it flowers the whole year round.<ref name="select">[http://books.google.com/books?id=CfDcl2m-6BMC&pg=PA7&lpg=PA7&dq=%22acacia+longifolia%22+uses&source=web&ots=EkNk6Oa_ip&sig=QcXMyBrLsTSqmA1MLErlSFY-s_w#PPA8,M1 Google Books] ''Select Extra-tropical Plants Readily Eligible for Industrial Culture Or Naturalization'' By Ferdinand von Mueller</ref> Some common names for '''''Acacia retinodes''''' are '''Retinodes Water Wattle''', '''Swamp Wattle''', '''Wirilda''', '''Ever-blooming Wattle''' and '''Silver Wattle'''.<ref name="ildis"/> It grows to a height of 6-10m.<ref>[http://www.arthurleej.com/p-o-m-July05.html Arthur Lee Jacobson Plant of the Month]</ref> {{Inc| Acacia retinodes, Schlecht. A tall shrub or small tree: phyll. lanceolate, with nerve-like margins and narrowed to base, acute, pinnately veined. 3-6 in. long, 1/4-3/4in. wide; gland 1/4in. from base: fls. in racemes, mostly compound; peduncles 1/4in. long; 30-40 fls. in a head: pod flat, with nerve-like margin, 3—4 in. long, about 1/4in. wide; funicle colored red, encircling seed, bent back upon itself in a double fold and ending in club-shaped aril; ripe June-Oct. Fls. Feb.-Sept. —Very closely resembling A. neriifolia in foliage and fls., but differs in pod, being narrower than that of A. neriifolia, while the funicle is red and encircles seed in double fold. {{SCH}} }} ==Cultivation== {{edit-cult}}<!--- Type cultivation info below this line, then delete this entire line --> ===Propagation=== {{edit-prop}}<!--- Type propagation info below this line, then delete this entire line --> ===Pests and diseases=== {{edit-pests}}<!--- Type pest/disease info below this line, then delete this entire line --> ==Species== <!-- This section should be renamed Cultivars if it appears on a page for a species (rather than genus), or perhaps Varieties if there is a mix of cultivars, species, hybrids, etc --> ==Gallery== {{photo-sources}}<!-- remove this line if there are already 3 or more photos in the gallery --> <gallery> Image:Acaciaretinodes1web.jpg|''Acacia retinodes'' habit Image:Upload.png| photo 1 Image:Upload.png| photo 2 Image:Upload.png| photo 3 </gallery> ==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 --> ==External links== *{{wplink}} {{stub}} __NOTOC__
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