Fabaceae
Golden wattle
Acacia pycnantha
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Acacia
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Common names
By language (18)
- Afrikaans
- Gouewattel
- Arabic
- سنط كثيف الأزهار
- arz
- سنط كثيف الازهار
- Azerbaijani
- Sıxçiçək akasiya
- Bangla
- সোনালী একাসিয়া
- Cantonese
- 密花相思
- Chinese
- 密花相思树, 密花相思
- English
- Golden wattle
- French
- Mimosa doré
- German
- Gold-Akazie
- Hindi
- अकेसिया प्यकनंथा
- Japanese
- ゴールデン・ワトル
- lah
- سنہری کلغی
- Malayalam
- അക്കേഷ്യ പൈക്നന്ത
- Persian
- اقاقیای طلایی
- Russian
- Акация густоцветковая
- Tajik
- Ақоқиёи заррин
- Vietnamese
- Keo hoa vàng
Synonyms
- Acacia falcinella Meisn.
- Acacia petiolaris Lehm.
- Acacia pycnantha var. petiolaris H.Vilm.
- Acacia westoni Maiden
- Acacia westonii Maiden
- Racosperma pycnanthum (Benth.) Pedley
Flowers
- In flower
- July to September (from 698 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Rosalie Lawrence, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Donald Davesne, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Brian du Preez, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Melburnian, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Melburnian, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: luly mandragora, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Rexness from Melbourne, Australia, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Gianluigi67, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Patrick_K59, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: GROSS EDUARDO, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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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.