Acacia elata

Cedar wattle
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
Clade: Mimosoid clade
Genus: Acacia
Species:
A. elata
Binomial name
Acacia elata
Occurrence data from AVH
Synonyms
  • Racosperma elatum (A.Cunn. ex Benth.) Pedley
  • Acacia terminalis auct. non (Salisb.) J.F.Macbr.: Court, A.B. in Willis, J.H. (1973)

Acacia elata, commonly known as cedar wattle or mountain cedar wattle, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to New South Wales. It is an erect tree with dark brown to black bark, bipinnate leaves, oblong to spherical heads of pale yellow or cream-coloured flowers and firmly, more or less straight and flat, papery to leathery pods.