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|familia=Fabaceae
|familia=Fabaceae
|genus=Acacia
|genus=Acacia
|species=howittii
|species=howittii
|common_name=Howitt's wattle
|common_name=Howitt's Wattle, Sticky Wattle
|name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|habit=tree
|habit=tree
|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|max_zone=11
|max_zone=11
|image=Upload.png
|image=Acacia howittii.jpg
|image_width=240
|image_width=240
}}
}}
'''''Acacia howittii''''', commonly known as '''Sticky Wattle''' or '''Howitts Wattle''', is a tree species that is [[endemism|endemic]] to [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Australia]]. It has an erect or spreading habit, growing up to 9 metres high, The [[phyllodes]] are up to 2 cm in length. The globular pale-yellow flowerheads appear in the leaf axils in October, followed by straight seedpods that are up to 6 cm long <ref name=Viridans>{{cite book |title=Wild Plants of Victoria (database)|year=2009 |publisher=Viridans Biological Databases & Department of Sustainability and Environment}} </ref>
The species was first formally described by Victorian Government Botanist [[Ferdinand von Mueller]] in ''The Victorian Naturalist '' in 1893. Mueller's description was based on material collected by [[Alfred William Howitt]], for whom the species is named.<ref name=APNI/>
Although regarded as a rare species, it is commonly cultivated, and has become naturalised in areas outside its original range.<ref name=Viridans/>
==Cultivation==
==Cultivation==
