Fabaceae
Sydney golden wattle
Acacia longifolia
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Acacia
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 长叶相思树
- English
- Sydney golden wattle
- Spanish
- Aroma doble, Sydney Golden Wattle
Synonyms
- Acacia decussata Ten.
- Acacia foliosa Seem.
- Acacia longifolia subsp. longifolia
- Acacia longifolia var. angustata Seem.
- Acacia longifolia var. bylongensis R.T.Baker
- Acacia longifolia var. lanceolata Seem.
- Acacia longifolia var. latifolia Sweet
- Acacia longifolia var. longifolia
- Acacia longifolia var. prostrata C.Moore
- Acacia longifolia var. typica Benth.
- Acacia spathulata Tausch
- Acacia thegonocarpa A.Cunn. ex Sweet
- Acacia trigonocarpa Jacques
- Cuparilla sophorina Raf.
- Mimosa falcata Dum.Cours.
- Mimosa longifolia Andrews
- Mimosa macrostachya Poir.
- Phyllodoce longifolia (Andrews) Link
- Racosperma longifolium (Andrews) C.Mart.
- Racosperma longifolium (Andrews) Pedley
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
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Photo: Michael Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Marino, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
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Photo: Michael Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Fran, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Donald Hobern from Copenhagen, Denmark, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Said Bahij, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Donald Hobern from Copenhagen, Denmark, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Paula Hellmann, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Donald Hobern from Copenhagen, Denmark, CC BY 2.0, 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.