Fabaceae
Orange wattle
Acacia saligna
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Acacia
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Orange wattle
Synonyms
- Acacia bracteata Maiden & Blakely
- Acacia cyanophylla Lindl.
- Acacia lindleyi Meisn.
- Mimosa saligna Labill.
- Racosperma salignum (Labill.) Pedley
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Anna Anichkova, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 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.