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| − | + | '''''Acacia spectabilis''''' ('''Mudgee Wattle''') is an erect or spreading [[shrub]], [[endemism|endemic]] to [[Australia]].<ref name=NSW>{{cite web |url=http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Acacia~spectabilis |title=''Acacia spectabilis'' |accessdate=2009-08-22 |author=|work= PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia}}</ref> Alternative common names include '''Glory Wattle''', '''Pilliga Wattle''' and '''Golden Wattle'''<ref name=APNI/> | |
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| + | It grows to between 1.5 and 4 metres metres high and has pinnate leaves.<ref name=NSW/> The bright-yellow globular flowerheads appear in axillary racemes, mostly between July and November in its native range.<ref name=NSW/> These are followed by thin leathery pods which are 4–17 cm long and 10–19 mm wide.<ref name=NSW/> | ||
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| + | The species occurs naturally in dry sclerophyll forest and heath in [[New South Wales]] and [[Queensland]] and is commonly cultivated.<ref name=NSW/> | ||
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| Habit | shrub
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| Height: | ⇕ | 8 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 8. to 10 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 10. |
| Width: | ⇔ | 10 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 10. |
| Lifespan: | ⌛ | perennial |
| Bloom: | ❀ | early spring, mid spring, late spring |
| Exposure: | ☼ | sun |
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| Features: | ✓ | flowers |
| USDA Zones: | 9 to 11 | |
| Flower features: | ❀ | orange, yellow |
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Acacia spectabilis (Mudgee Wattle) is an erect or spreading shrub, endemic to Australia.[1] Alternative common names include Glory Wattle, Pilliga Wattle and Golden Wattle[2]
It grows to between 1.5 and 4 metres metres high and has pinnate leaves.[1] The bright-yellow globular flowerheads appear in axillary racemes, mostly between July and November in its native range.[1] These are followed by thin leathery pods which are 4–17 cm long and 10–19 mm wide.[1]
The species occurs naturally in dry sclerophyll forest and heath in New South Wales and Queensland and is commonly cultivated.[1]
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