Golden Wattle

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Acacia decora

Golden Wattle, a reference photo
Photo: Tim Shields · CC0 1.0 (licence)

Acacia decora, commonly known as western silver wattle and showy wattle and other common names, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a shrub with lance-shaped, narrowly elliptic or more or less linear phyllodes, spherical heads of golden yellow flowers and papery to leathery pods.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Golden 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.

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Classification

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Fabales
Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Acacia
Species
Acacia decora

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