Acacia maidenii, commonly known as Maiden's wattle, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a tree with smooth bark, glabrous or sparsely hairy branchlets, very narrowly elliptic, elliptic or oblong, usually sickle-shaped phyllodes, spikes of white to cream or pale yellow flowers, and twisted or curled, leathery to crusty pods.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Maiden's Wattle being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Acacia polystachya
- Acacia disparrima
- Acacia spirorbis
- Acacia simsii
- Daviesia arborea
- Acacia fasciculifera
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Fabales
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Acacia
- Species
- Acacia maidenii
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