Fabaceae

Coastal wattle

Acacia cyclops A.Cunn. ex G.Don

Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Acacia

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Coastal wattle: Acacia cyclops occurrence data from Australasian Virtual Herbarium downloaded from https://doi.org/10.26197/5c06138894b on December 8 2018 — Photo: MargaretRDonald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (4)

Afrikaans: Rooikrans
English: Coastal wattle, Red-eyed wattle
nys: Kwonyert
Persian: اقاقیا سیکلوپز

Synonyms

Acacia cyclopsis G.Don
Acacia eglandulosa DC.
Acacia mirbelii Dehnh.
Racosperma eglandulosum (DC.) Pedley

Flowers

Flower colour: yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Shrub
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.