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|genus=Acacia
|genus=Acacia
|species=dealbata
|species=dealbata
|common_name=Silver Wattle
|common_name=Silver Wattle, Mimosa
|name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|habit=tree
|habit=tree
|habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|Min ht box=50
|Min ht box=50
|Max ht box=100
|Max ht box=100
|origin=Australia (NSW to Tas)
|origin=Australia (NSW to Tas)
|lifespan=perennial
|lifespan=perennial
|life_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|exposure=sun
|exposure=sun
|sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|features=flowers
|features=flowers
|flowers=yellow
|flower_season=early spring, mid spring, late spring, early winter, mid winter, late winter
|flower_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|flowers=orange, yellow
|Temp Metric=°F
|Temp Metric=°F
|min_zone=9
|min_zone=9
|max_zone=10.5
|max_zone=10.5
|image=Acacia dealbata-1.jpg
|image=Acacia dealbata-1.jpg
|image_width=240
|image_width=180
|image_caption=Foliage and flowers
|image_caption=Foliage and flowers
}}
}}
'''''Acacia dealbata''''' ('''Silver Wattle''') is a species of ''[[Acacia]]'', native to southeastern [[Australia]] in [[New South Wales]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Tasmania]], and the [[Australian Capital Territory]].<ref name=anbg>Australian Plant Name Index: [http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?taxon_name=Acacia%20dealbata%25 ''Acacia dealbata'']</ref>
'''''Acacia dealbata''''' ('''Silver Wattle''') is a species of ''[[Acacia]]'', native to southeastern [[Australia]] in [[New South Wales]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Tasmania]], and the [[Australian Capital Territory]].<ref name=anbg>Australian Plant Name Index: [http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?taxon_name=Acacia%20dealbata%25 ''Acacia dealbata'']</ref>
It is a fast growing [[evergreen]] [[tree]] or [[shrub]] growing up to 30 m tall, typically a pioneer species after fire. The [[leaf|leaves]] are bipinnate, glaucous blue-green to silvery grey, 1–12 cm (occasionally to 17 cm) long and 1–11 cm broad, with 6–30 pairs of pinnae, each pinna divided into 10–68 pairs of leaflets; the leaflets are 0.7–6 mm long and 0.4–1 mm broad. The [[flower]]s are produced in large [[raceme|racemose]] [[inflorescence]]s made up of numerous smaller globose bright yellow flowerheads of 13–42 individual flowers. The [[fruit]] is a flattened [[legume|pod]] 2–11.5 cm long and 6–14 mm broad, containing several [[seed]]s.<ref name=fa>Flora of Australia Online: [http://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/online-resources/flora/redirect.jsp ''Acacia dealbata'']</ref> Trees generally do not live longer than 30 to 40 years, after which in the wild they are [[Ecological succession|succeeded]] by other species where bushfires are excluded.
It is a fast growing [[evergreen]] [[tree]] or [[shrub]] growing up to 30 m tall, typically a pioneer species after fire. The [[leaf|leaves]] are bipinnate, glaucous blue-green to silvery grey, 1–12 cm (occasionally to 17 cm) long and 1–11 cm broad, with 6–30 pairs of pinnae, each pinna divided into 10–68 pairs of leaflets; the leaflets are 0.7–6 mm long and 0.4–1 mm broad. The [[flower]]s are produced in large [[raceme|racemose]] [[inflorescence]]s made up of numerous smaller globose bright yellow flowerheads of 13–42 individual flowers. The [[fruit]] is a flattened [[legume|pod]] 2–11.5 cm long and 6–14 mm broad, containing several [[seed]]s.<ref name=fa>Flora of Australia Online: [http://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/online-resources/flora/redirect.jsp ''Acacia dealbata'']</ref> Trees generally do not live longer than 30 to 40 years, after which in the wild they are [[Ecological succession|succeeded]] by other species where bushfires are excluded.
==Cultivation==
==Cultivation==
==Varieties==
==Varieties==
[[Image:Kambah Karpet Acacia dealbata.JPG|thumb|left|Kambah Karpet a variety of ''Acacia dealbata'' discovered at the [[Kambah]] Village.]]
[[Image:Kambah Karpet Acacia dealbata.JPG|thumb|Kambah Karpet a variety of ''Acacia dealbata'' discovered at the [[Kambah]] Village.]]
Subspecies:
Subspecies:
There are two [[subspecies]]:
There are two [[subspecies]]:
*''Acacia dealbata'' ''dealbata''. Low to moderate altitudes. Tree to 30 m; leaves mostly 5–12 cm long.
*''Acacia dealbata'' ''dealbata''. Low to moderate altitudes. Tree to 30 m; leaves mostly 5–12 cm long.
*''Acacia dealbata'' ''subalpina'' Tindale & Kodela. High altitudes in the [[Snowy Mountains]]. Shrub to 5 m (rarely 10 m) tall; leaves mostly 1.5–8.5 cm long.
*''Acacia dealbata'' ''subalpina'' Tindale & Kodela. High altitudes in the [[Snowy Mountains]]. Shrub to 5 m (rarely 10 m) tall; leaves mostly 1.5–8.5 cm long.
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