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{{Plantbox
| sunset_zones = 7-9, 13-24, 26-28
| name = Cootamundra Wattle
| image = Acacia baileyana.jpg
| image_width = 240px
}}
The '''Cootamundra Wattle''' is a [[shrub]] or [[tree]] in the [[Fabaceae|Family Fabaceae]]. The Latin name of the species honors the [[botanist]] [[Frederick Manson Bailey]]. It is but one of nearly 1000 species of ''Acacia'' found in [[Australia]]. The Cootamundra Wattle is indigenous to a small area in southern [[New South Wales]] but has been widely planted in other Australian states. In many areas of [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]] Cootamundra Wattle has become naturalised and is regarded as [[weed]], outcompeting indigenous Victorian species.
Almost all wattles have cream to golden flowers. The small flowers are arranged in spherical to cylindrical [[inflorescence]]s, with only the [[stamen]]s prominent. Wattles have been extensively [[introduced species|introduced]] into [[New Zealand]] and are regarded by many New Zealanders as one of the most typical features of their home landscape.
==Cultivation==
This plant is adaptable and easy to grow. Unfortunately it has an ability to naturalize (i.e. escape) into surrounding [[bushland]]. Also, it hybridizes with some other wattles, notably the rare and endangered [[Sydney Basin]] species ''[[Acacia pubescens]]''.
A prostrate weeping form is in [[cultivation]]. The fine foliage of the original Cootamundra wattle is grey-green, but a blue-purple foliaged form, known as 'Purpurea' is very popular.
==Propagation==
==Pests and diseases==
== Uses ==
''A. baileyana'' is used in Europe in the cut flower industry. It is also used as food for bees in the production of honey.<ref>[http://www.worldwidewattle.com/infogallery/utilisation/summary.php World Wide Wattle]</ref>
Less than 0.02% [[alkaloids]] were found in a chemical analysis of ''Acacia baileyana.''<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=YpnboQBbw7EC&pg=PA336&lpg=PA336&dq=acacia+tryptamine&source=web&ots=0u_bIQPwCN&sig=Q1e_NiyQSMsv0gNT0gMjOrgTseM Chemotaxonomie der Pflanzen By Robert Hegnauer]</ref>
==History==
==Taxonomy==
{{Taxobox
| color = IndianRed
| regnum = [[Plantae]]
| divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Fabales]]
| familia = [[Fabaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Mimosoideae]]
| genus = ''[[Acacia]]''
| species = '''''A. baileyana'''''
| binomial = ''Acacia baileyana''
| binomial_authority = [[Ferdinand von Mueller|F.Muell.]]
| range_map = Acacia-baileyana-range-map.png
| range_map_width = 240px
| range_map_caption = Range of ''Acacia baileyana''
| synonyms =
*''Acacia baileyana'' F.Muell. [[var.]] ''aurea'' [[Pescott]]
*''Acacia baileyana'' [[F.Muell.]] [[var.]] ''purpurea'' [[F.Muell.]]
*''Racosperma baileyanum'' ([[F.Muell.]]) [[Pedley]])<ref name="ildis">[http://www.ildis.org/LegumeWeb?version~10.01&LegumeWeb&tno~222&genus~Acacia&species~baileyana ILDIS LegumeWeb]</ref>
}}
==Gallery==
<gallery>
Image:Australian Wattle.jpg|An wattle in [[Australia]].
Image:Acacia baileyana seeds.jpg|''A. baileyana'' seeds
Image:Acacia baileyana prostrate IGP email.jpg|''A. baileyana'' prostrate form in cultivation, Illawarra Grevillea Park, [[Bulli, New South Wales|Bulli]], NSW
</gallery>
==References==
<!-- this 'empty' section displays references defined elsewhere -->
{{reflist}}
==External links==
*[http://www.ildis.org/LegumeWeb?version~10.01&LegumeWeb&tno~222&genus~Acacia&species~baileyana ''Acacia baileyana'']
*[http://www.see-emc.net/ Society of studies about Ethnobotany and the Modified States of Consciousness]
{{Commons|Acacia baileyana|Cootamundra wattle}}
{{wikispecies|Acacia baileyana}}
[[Category:Acacia|Baileyana, Acacia]]
[[Category:Flora of New South Wales]]
[[Category:Shrubs]]
[[Category:Entheogens]]
[[Category:Fabales of Australia]]
| sunset_zones = 7-9, 13-24, 26-28
| name = Cootamundra Wattle
| image = Acacia baileyana.jpg
| image_width = 240px
}}
The '''Cootamundra Wattle''' is a [[shrub]] or [[tree]] in the [[Fabaceae|Family Fabaceae]]. The Latin name of the species honors the [[botanist]] [[Frederick Manson Bailey]]. It is but one of nearly 1000 species of ''Acacia'' found in [[Australia]]. The Cootamundra Wattle is indigenous to a small area in southern [[New South Wales]] but has been widely planted in other Australian states. In many areas of [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]] Cootamundra Wattle has become naturalised and is regarded as [[weed]], outcompeting indigenous Victorian species.
Almost all wattles have cream to golden flowers. The small flowers are arranged in spherical to cylindrical [[inflorescence]]s, with only the [[stamen]]s prominent. Wattles have been extensively [[introduced species|introduced]] into [[New Zealand]] and are regarded by many New Zealanders as one of the most typical features of their home landscape.
==Cultivation==
This plant is adaptable and easy to grow. Unfortunately it has an ability to naturalize (i.e. escape) into surrounding [[bushland]]. Also, it hybridizes with some other wattles, notably the rare and endangered [[Sydney Basin]] species ''[[Acacia pubescens]]''.
A prostrate weeping form is in [[cultivation]]. The fine foliage of the original Cootamundra wattle is grey-green, but a blue-purple foliaged form, known as 'Purpurea' is very popular.
==Propagation==
==Pests and diseases==
== Uses ==
''A. baileyana'' is used in Europe in the cut flower industry. It is also used as food for bees in the production of honey.<ref>[http://www.worldwidewattle.com/infogallery/utilisation/summary.php World Wide Wattle]</ref>
Less than 0.02% [[alkaloids]] were found in a chemical analysis of ''Acacia baileyana.''<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=YpnboQBbw7EC&pg=PA336&lpg=PA336&dq=acacia+tryptamine&source=web&ots=0u_bIQPwCN&sig=Q1e_NiyQSMsv0gNT0gMjOrgTseM Chemotaxonomie der Pflanzen By Robert Hegnauer]</ref>
==History==
==Taxonomy==
{{Taxobox
| color = IndianRed
| regnum = [[Plantae]]
| divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Fabales]]
| familia = [[Fabaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Mimosoideae]]
| genus = ''[[Acacia]]''
| species = '''''A. baileyana'''''
| binomial = ''Acacia baileyana''
| binomial_authority = [[Ferdinand von Mueller|F.Muell.]]
| range_map = Acacia-baileyana-range-map.png
| range_map_width = 240px
| range_map_caption = Range of ''Acacia baileyana''
| synonyms =
*''Acacia baileyana'' F.Muell. [[var.]] ''aurea'' [[Pescott]]
*''Acacia baileyana'' [[F.Muell.]] [[var.]] ''purpurea'' [[F.Muell.]]
*''Racosperma baileyanum'' ([[F.Muell.]]) [[Pedley]])<ref name="ildis">[http://www.ildis.org/LegumeWeb?version~10.01&LegumeWeb&tno~222&genus~Acacia&species~baileyana ILDIS LegumeWeb]</ref>
}}
==Gallery==
<gallery>
Image:Australian Wattle.jpg|An wattle in [[Australia]].
Image:Acacia baileyana seeds.jpg|''A. baileyana'' seeds
Image:Acacia baileyana prostrate IGP email.jpg|''A. baileyana'' prostrate form in cultivation, Illawarra Grevillea Park, [[Bulli, New South Wales|Bulli]], NSW
</gallery>
==References==
<!-- this 'empty' section displays references defined elsewhere -->
{{reflist}}
==External links==
*[http://www.ildis.org/LegumeWeb?version~10.01&LegumeWeb&tno~222&genus~Acacia&species~baileyana ''Acacia baileyana'']
*[http://www.see-emc.net/ Society of studies about Ethnobotany and the Modified States of Consciousness]
{{Commons|Acacia baileyana|Cootamundra wattle}}
{{wikispecies|Acacia baileyana}}
[[Category:Acacia|Baileyana, Acacia]]
[[Category:Flora of New South Wales]]
[[Category:Shrubs]]
[[Category:Entheogens]]
[[Category:Fabales of Australia]]
