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Maiden's Wattle

Acacia maidenii

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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25 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Australia.January 48, February 70, March 78, April 75, May 100, June 69, July 56, August 70, September 56, October 53, November 57, December 47.
Australia779
Queensland699
New South Wales78
New Zealand3
Other Territories2
Auckland Region2
Manawatu-Wanganui Region1
India1
West Bengal1

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Nitrogen fixingDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with nitrogen-fixing symbioses.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderLegumes, Milkworts, and Allies · Fabales
FamilyLegumes · Fabaceae
Genuswattles · Acacia

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Sources

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