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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Fabales Family: Fabaceae Subfamily: Mimosoideae Genus: Acacia Species: A. pycnantha
Binomial name
Acacia pycnantha Banks

Golden Wattle, Acacia pycnantha, is Australia's floral emblem. Golden Wattle is a small tree from about 4 to 8 metres tall. The mature trees do not have true leaves, long flattened leaf stalks 6 to 20 cm long and sickle shaped called phyllodes are the photsynthetic tissue. The trees flower in spring producing fragrant fluffy golden flowers. Jump to: navigation, search Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Divisions Green algae land plants (embryophytes) non-vascular embryophytes Hepatophyta - liverworts Anthocerophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses vascular plants (tracheophytes) seedless vascular plants Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongue ferns seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering... Jump to: navigation, search Classes Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants (also angiosperms) are a major group of land plants. ... Orders see text Dicotyledons or dicots are flowering plants whose seed contains two embryonic leaves or cotyledons. ... Families Fabaceae (legumes) Quillajaceae Polygalaceae (milkwort family) Surianaceae The Fabales are an order of flowering plants, included in the rosid group of dicotyledons. ... Subfamilies Faboideae Caesalpinioideae Mimosoideae References GRIN-CA 2002-09-01 The name Fabaceae belongs to either of two families, depending on viewpoint. ... Infrafamilies Acacieae Ingeae Mimoseae Mimozygantheae Parkieae The Mimosoideae is a subfamily of the Family Fabaceae characterized by flowers with small petals and numerous prominent stamens. ... Jump to: navigation, search Species About 1,300; see List of Acacia species Acacia is a genus of shrubs and trees of Gondwanian origin belonging to the subfamily Mimosoideae of the Pea Family Fabaceae, first described from Africa by Linnaeus in 1773. ... In biology, binomial nomenclature is a standard convention used for naming species. ... Jump to: navigation, search Image:Http://www. ... Using a sickle A sickle is a curved, hand-held agricultural tool typically used for harvesting grain crops before the advent of modern harvesting machinery. ...

Golden Wattle grows natively in New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory, Victoria and South Australia, forming the understory in forest and woodland. It regenerates well after fire, fire stimulates the germination of seeds stored in the soil if rain follows soon after. Jump to: navigation, search Motto: Orta Recens Quam Pura Nites (Newly Risen, How Brightly You Shine) Nickname: First State, Premier State Other Australian states and territories Capital Sydney Government Governor Premier Const. ... Jump to: navigation, search Motto: Pro Rege, Lege et Grege (For the Queen, the Law and the People) Nickname: (none) Other Australian states and territories Capital Canberra Government Administrator Chief Minister Const. ... Jump to: navigation, search Motto: Peace and Prosperity Nickname: Garden State Other Australian states and territories Capital Melbourne Government Governor Premier Const. ... Jump to: navigation, search Motto: United for the Common Wealth Nickname: Festival State Other Australian states and territories Capital Adelaide Government Governor Premier Const. ... Jump to: navigation, search A large bonfire Fire is a form of combustion. ... In a botanical sense, germination is the process of emergence of growth from a resting stage. ... Jump to: navigation, search A seed is the ripened ovule of gymnosperm or angiosperm plants. ...

Wattle is featured in the Australian Coat of Arms.

The flower has been used as Australia's national emblem since early in the 20th Century, but it was not officially made the national floral emblem until 1988, the year of Australia's bicentenary. Australian Coat of Arms Used under the educational purposes clause in Use of Arms - Guidelines This work is copyrighted. ... Australian Coat of Arms Used under the educational purposes clause in Use of Arms - Guidelines This work is copyrighted. ... Jump to: navigation, search Australian Coat of Arms (since 1912) The Coat of Arms of Australia is the official symbol of Australia. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...