Acacia elata

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Plant Characteristics
Habit   tree

Height: 60 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 60.
Width: 40 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 40.
Lifespan: perennial
Bloom: early summer, mid summer, late summer
Cultivation
Exposure: sun
Features: flowers
USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Flower features: orange, yellow
Scientific Names

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Acacia elata (Cedar Wattle, Mountain Cedar Wattle) is a perennial tree.[1]


Read about Acacia elata in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Acacia elata, Cunn. A handsome tree of 50-60 ft. with dark green foliage and young shoots clothed with a yellow pubescence: lvs. compound, 1 ft. long by 8-10 in. wide; pinnae 2-6 pairs, 5-7 in. long; lfts. 8-13 pairs, lanceolate, acuminate, pubescent, 1 1/4-l 1/2 in. long, 1/4-3/8in. wide, about 3/8in. distant: fls. in compound racemes, about 40 in a head; sepals 5, united, half as long as petals; petals 5: pod a rich brown, with nerve-like margins, 3 1/2-6 in. long, 3/8in. broad; funicle silvery, the club-shaped aril half as long as lenticular seed; ripe Aug. Blooms Sept., Oct., Dec. etc.—Rich in tannic acid. Grows in shaded ravines in its native country. CH


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