''Acacia spectabilis'', commonly known as Mudgee wattle,
[ is an erect or spreading ]shrub
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, endemic
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to Australia
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.[
It grows to between 1.5 and 4 metres high and has pinnate leaves.][ The bright-yellow globular flowerheads appear in axillary racemes, mostly between July and November in its native range.][ These are followed by thin leathery pods which are 4–17 cm long and 10–19 mm wide.][
The species occurs naturally in dry sclerophyll forest and heath in ]New South Wales
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, image_map = New South Wales in Australia.svg
, map_caption = Location of New South Wales in AustraliaCoordinates:
, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name = Australia
, established_title = Before federation
, es ...
and Queensland
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, nickname = Sunshine State
, image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg
, map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia
, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name = Australia
, established_title = Before federation
, established_ ...
and is commonly cultivated.[
]
References
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spectabilis
Flora of New South Wales
Flora of Queensland
Fabales of Australia