Fabaceae
Pearl wattle
Acacia podalyriifolia
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Acacia
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Common names
By language (7)
- Afrikaans
- Vaalmimosa
- Chinese
- 珍珠相思树, 珍珠相思樹, 珍珠合欢, 珍珠相思
- Dutch
- Acácia-mimosa
- English
- Pearl wattle, Glaucous acacia, Mount Morgan wattle, Pearl acacia, Queensland silver wattle, Queensland wattle, Glaucous wattle, Queernsland silver wattle
- Persian
- آکاکیا پدالیریفلیا
- Portuguese
- Acácia-mimosa
- Russian
- Акация подалириелистная
Synonyms
- Acacia fraseri Hook.
- Acacia podalyriaefolia A.Cunn.
- Acacia podalyriaefolia var. viridis Guilf.
- Acacia podalyriifolia var. typica Domin
- Acacia podalyriifolia var. viridis Guilf.
- Racosperma podalyriifolia (G.Don) Pedley
- Racosperma podalyriifolium (A.Cunn. ex G.Don) Pedley
Flowers
- In flower
- May to August (from 286 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Shaun Swanepoel, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Shaun Swanepoel, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Nicola van Berkel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Shaun Swanepoel, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Bidgee, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hawk666, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: ainsley_isme, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Tatiana Gerus from Brisbane, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matthew Fainman, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dave Richardson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: John Tann from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alesha Teitzel, 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.