Fabaceae
Water wattle
Acacia retinodes
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Acacia
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Common names
By language (10)
- Arabic
- سنط راتنجي
- Azerbaijani
- Dözümlü akasiya
- Catalan
- Mimosa de tot temps
- Chinese
- 树脂金合欢, 树胶状相思
- English
- Water wattle, Retinodes water wattle, Silver wattle
- French
- Mimosa des quatre saisons
- Persian
- اقاقیا رتینودس
- Russian
- Акация стойкая
- Spanish
- Mimosa de las cuatro estaciones
- Swedish
- Hartsakacia
Synonyms
- Acacia retinodes var. retinodes
- Acacia retinoide Schltr.
- Acacia retinoides Schltr.
- Acacia rhetinoides Schltr.
- Racosperma retinodes (Schltdl.) Pedley
Flowers
- In flower
- January, March to April, June, October (from 266 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Emily Ali Mollo, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Leif Stridvall, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Pharaoh han, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: C T Johansson, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DavidFrancis34 from Australia, CC BY-SA 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.