Fabaceae
Silver wattle
Acacia dealbata
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Acacia
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Common names
By language (14)
- Asturian
- Mimosal
- Azerbaijani
- Gümüşü akasiya, Gümüşü аkasiyа
- Chinese
- 德爾栲, 銀栲, 银荆, 鱼骨松, 鱼骨槐
- English
- Silver wattle, Mimosa
- Finnish
- Hopea-akasia
- French
- Mimosa d'hiver
- Galician
- Mimoseira
- German
- Silberakazie
- Italian
- Mimosa
- Malagasy
- Akasia, Halamborona, Mimozà
- Russian
- Акация беловатая, Акация подбеленная, Акация подбелённая, Мимоза серебристая
- Slovenian
- Srebrnkasta akacija, Mimoza
- Spanish
- Alcacia, Alcarcia
- Turkish
- Mimoza
Synonyms
- Acacia decurrens var. dealbata (Link) Muller
- Acacia decurrens var. dealbata (Link) Maiden
- Mimosa dealbata (Link) Page
- Racosperma dealbatum (Link) Pedley
Flowers
- In flower
- January to March, July to September (from 1,305 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Annette Herz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jose Castro, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Leon Perrie, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Irina Mitine, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Mirko Duimich, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Donald Hobern from Copenhagen, Denmark, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Donald Hobern from Copenhagen, Denmark, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Gianluca Congi🪶🦆🌲, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Donald Hobern from Copenhagen, Denmark, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: John Tann from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.