Acacia genistifolia

Acacia genistifolia
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. genistifolia
Binomial name
Acacia genistifolia
Synonyms
List
    • Acacia cuspidata A.Cunn. ex Benth. nom. illeg.
    • Acacia cuspidata var. longifolia Benth.
    • ? Acacia daviesiafolia Loudon nom. inval., nom. nud.
    • Acacia daviesioides G.Don nom. inval., pro syn.
    • Acacia diffusa Ker Gawl.
    • Acacia diffusa var. cuspidata (A.Cunn. ex Benth.) Benth.
    • Acacia diffusa Ker Gawl. var. diffusa
    • Acacia prostrata Lodd., G.Lodd. & W.Lodd.
    • Acacia trinervata var. brevifolia Benth. p.p.
    • Phyllodoce genistaefolia Link orth. var.
    • Phyllodoce genistifolia (Link) Link
    • Racosperma genistifolium (Link) Pedley
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Acacia genistifolia commonly known as spreading wattle or early wattle, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is an open, erect, straggly or spreading shrub with sessile, more or less rigid, sharply pointed phyllodes, spherical heads of cream-coloured to rich lemon yellow flowers, and linear, thinly leathery pods raised over the seeds.