Acaciabaileyana (Cootamundra Wattle) is the floral emblem of the small rural township of Cootamundra which is located on the western slopes of New South Wales, about 350 km southwest of Sydney.
Acaciabaileyana was originally described by Baron von Mueller in 1888, based on a plant cultivated in 1876 at Bowen Park, Brisbane, by the Queensland botanist, Frederick Manson Bailey (after whom the species was named).
Acaciabaileyana has a very restricted natural distribution which is confined to the vicinity of Cootamundra, hence its common name.
Botany Photo of the Day: Acacia baileyana(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Acacia scorpoides), meaning a reduction in the number of species in Acacia worldwide to 161 species, with only 7 in northern Australia.
Acacia is widespread in the SF Bay Area, and they are in full bloom right now, just like your photo.
Posted by: katherine at February 22, 2006 10:35 AM Acaciabaileyana, as well as Acacia decurrens and Acacia melanoxylon (all from Austrialia) are very invasive in the Monterey Bay area of California.
Acaciabaileyana belongs to the plant family MIMOSACEÆ and Genus Acacia This Tree will grow well in a wide variety of loam or soils pertaining to most average garden situations, a pH which can apply to most normal garden soil conditions,.
Acaciabaileyana cootamundra wattle,Bailey's acacia is not known as a butterfly attracting plant
Cootamundra Wattle, Bailey'S Acacia is either a deciduous plant which means it loses its leaves in Autumn or Fall or it can be classed as an evergreen but only for warmer climates (maintains leaves all year round).
Shrub/small tree to 8m with fragrant yellow flowers in the spring and glaucous pinnate foliage.
This acacia is very hardy, and get be grown in colder areas.
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shapely tree with silvery foliage and masses of brilliant golden flowers in baileyana late winter.
It can be separated from green wattle and silver wattle by having Leguminosae four (occasionally five) pairs of pinnae (the major segments into which (Bean family) the leaf is divided).
An illustrated manual of Pacific coast trees; with lists of trees recommended for various uses on the Pacific coast by H. Shepherd.
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This Australian species covers itself with yellow ball-shaped flowers during winter to early spring and has greyish-green leaves.
Acacia pendula (Weeping myall, 6m) is a very attractive evergreen with weeping branches and long slim leaves.
The clusters of flowers are small and white, appearing during spring.
This plant is an interesting one to have featured in our Weed Watch in that it is an Australian native plant.
The Cootamundra wattle, Acaciabaileyana, is indigenous to (found naturally in) Southern New South Wales.
In this region it is not a problem, and in fact could make the featured native plant section on this site but for the effect it has on the natural vegetation in many other states.
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A pretty and delicate tree that is robust when grown in the Mediterranean, this acacia is suitable only for mild south western areas in Britain and Ireland.
