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vanilla-scented wattle

Acacia redolens

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 95, February 223, March 238, April 160, May 90, June 66, July 57, August 58, September 73, October 75, November 96, December 74.
California1,052
United States927
Arizona9
Australia5
Nevada4
Victoria4
Chile2
New Mexico1
Missouri1
Utah1

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

Traits

Group and habits

  • 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
  • Shrub growth formListed by a harvested source as having a shrub or bush 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

Classification

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

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