'''''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/>