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|familia=Fabaceae
|familia=Fabaceae
|genus=Acacia
|genus=Acacia
|species=triptera
|species=triptera
|common_name=Spurwing wattle
|common_name=Spurwing wattle
|name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|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 triptera.jpg
|image_width=240
|image_width=240
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'''''Acacia triptera''''' ('''Spurwing Wattle''') is an erect or speading [[shrub]] which is [[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~triptera |title=''Acacia triptera'' |accessdate=2009-08-29 |author=|work= PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia}}</ref>
It grows to 2 metres high and has [[decurrent]] [[phyllodes]] which are and [[falcate]] or [[sigmoidal]] in shape. The bright yellow flowerheads appear from August to November, followed by curled or twisted brown seed pods which are 3 to 8 cm long and 2 to 4 mm wide.<ref name=NSW/>
The species occurs on sandhills or rocky outcrops in mallee, woodland or heath in [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[New South Wales]] and [[Queensland]].<ref name=NSW/>
==Cultivation==
==Cultivation==
