Fabaceae

Screw-pod wattle

Acacia implexa Benth.

Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Acacia

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Screw-pod wattle: Acacia implexa Benth., Black Mountain, Canberra, ACT, 16 February 2011 — Photo: Donald Hobern from Canberra, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (3)

Chinese: 灰木相思树, 灰木金合欢
English: Screw-pod wattle
Persian: آکاکیا ایمپلکسا

Synonyms

Racosperma implexum (Benth.) Pedley

Flowers

In flower: December to January (from 115 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

Photo: Donald Hobern from Canberra, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: julie Armour, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Donald Hobern from Canberra, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Jens Rubin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Donald Hobern from Canberra, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Donald Hobern from Canberra, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: MargaretRDonald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Allthingsnative, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Allthingsnative, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Allthingsnative, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Allthingsnative, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: National Herbarium of New South Wales, The Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust., CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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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.