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Queensland silver wattle

Acacia podalyriifolia

4,131 observations in the source records

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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25 photos

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What the records say

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Australia.January 69, February 80, March 84, April 121, May 178, June 320, July 206, August 146, September 103, October 76, November 54, December 55.
Australia1,492
Queensland824
South Africa620
New South Wales427
Western Cape283
Gauteng205
Western Australia145
Victoria79
KwaZulu-Natal76
China60

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

Traits

Group and habits

  • Medicinal useListed as having medicinal use by a harvested source. This is not medical advice.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species
  • Restoration or landscaping useListed as being used for restoration, landscaping, ornamental planting, erosion control, soil improvement, shade, windbreaks, pollution indicators, or wastewater purification.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species
  • Tree growth formListed by a harvested source as having a tree growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Perennial plantListed by a harvested source as having a perennial life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Nitrogen fixingDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with nitrogen-fixing symbioses.Inferred from its group

Edibility, toxicity and medicinal traits are records from datasets, not advice. Never eat, handle or use a wild species on the strength of an app.

Classification

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

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Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Queensland silver wattle with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.