''Acacia anthochaera'' is a shrub or tree belonging to the genus ''

Acacia ''Acacia'', commonly known as the wattles or acacias, is a large genus of shrubs and trees in the subfamily Mimosoideae of the pea family Fabaceae. Initially, it comprised a group of plant species native to Africa and Australasia. The genus na ...

'' and the subgenus ''Phyllodineae'' native to Western Australia. The rounded shrub or tree typically grows to a height of . It blooms from August to December and produces yellow flowers. The species was first formally described by the botanist Bruce Maslin in 1995 as part of the work ''Acacia Miscellany Taxonomy of some Western Australian "Uninerves-Racemosae" species (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae: section Phyllodineae)'' as published in the journal '' Nuytsia''. The species as reclassified as ''Racosperma anthochaerum'' in 2003 by Leslie Pedley but returned to the genus ''Acacia'' in 2006. It is endemic to an area in the

Mid West The Midwestern United States, also referred to as the Midwest or the American Midwest, is one of four census regions of the United States Census Bureau (also known as "Region 2"). It occupies the northern central part of the United States. I ...

and Wheatbelt regions of Western Australia.

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q9562212 anthochaera Acacias of Western Australia Plants described in 1995 Taxa named by Bruce Maslin

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