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| name = ''LATINNAME'' <!--- replace LATINNAME with the actual latin name -->
|familia=Fabaceae
| common_names = <!--- if multiple, list all, if none, leave blank -->
|genus=Acacia
| growth_habit = ? <!--- tree, shrub, herbaceous, vine, etc -->
|species=retinodes
| high = ? <!--- 1m (3 ft) -->
|common_name=Silver wattle, Swamp wattle, Wirilda
| wide = <!--- 65cm (25 inches) -->
|name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
| origin = ? <!--- Mexico, S America, S Europe, garden, etc -->
|habit=tree
| poisonous = <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous -->
|habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
| lifespan = <!--- perennial, annual, etc -->
|Min ht box=10
| exposure = ? <!--- full sun, part-sun, semi-shade, shade, indoors, bright filtered (you may list more than 1) -->
|Min ht metric=ft
| water = ? <!--- frequent, regular, moderate, drought tolerant, let dry then soak -->
|Max ht box=25
| features = <!--- flowers, fragrance, fruit, naturalizes, invasive -->
|Max ht metric=ft
| hardiness = <!--- frost sensitive, hardy, 5°C (40°F), etc -->
|height_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
| bloom = <!--- seasons which the plant blooms, if it is grown for its flowers -->
|Max wd box=10
| usda_zones = ? <!--- eg. 8-11 -->
|Max wd metric=ft
| sunset_zones = <!--- eg. 8, 9, 12-24, not available -->
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| color = IndianRed
|lifespan=perennial
| image = Upload.png <!--- Freesia.jpg -->
|life_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
| image_width = 240px <!--- leave as 240px if horizontal orientation photo, or change to 180px if vertical -->
|exposure=sun
| image_caption = <!--- eg. Cultivated freesias -->
|sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
| regnum = Plantae <!--- Kingdom -->
|features=flowers
| divisio = <!--- Phylum -->
|flower_season=early spring, mid spring, late spring, early summer, mid summer, late summer
| classis = <!--- Class -->
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| ordo = <!--- Order -->
|flowers=orange, yellow
| familia = <!--- Family -->
|Temp Metric=°F
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|min_zone=8
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|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
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|max_zone=10
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|image=Acacia melanoxylon2.jpg
|image_width=240
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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>
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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.
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. F. y. M. Icon. 5:9.—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.
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