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Silver Wattle

Acacia retinodes

Summary 4

Acacia retinodes is an evergreen shrub that is native to South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania. Short racemes of yellow flowers are produced periodically throughout the year. Some common names are Retinodes water wattle, swamp wattle, wirilda, ever-blooming wattle and silver wattle. It grows to a height of 6-10m.

Uses 5

It is used for environmental management and for ornamental purposes. It produces good quantities of gum and its bark is good for tanning.

It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

National distribution 6

United States
Origin: Exotic

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Unknown/Undetermined

Confidence: Confident

National nature serve conservation status 7

United States
Rounded National Status Rank: NNA - Not Applicable

Sources and Credits

  1. (c) Vincent Brassinne, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), http://www.flickr.com/photos/36553071@N02/3857858463
  2. (c) Kew on Flickr, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/kewonflickr/6377856217/
  3. (c) pilot_micha, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://www.flickr.com/photos/pilot_michael/6211758937/
  4. Adapted by dlimandri from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acacia_retinodes
  5. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acacia_retinodes
  6. (c) NatureServe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://eol.org/data_objects/14698460
  7. (c) NatureServe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://eol.org/data_objects/14698458

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