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Acacia dealbata (Silver wattle)

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Fabales > Family: Fabaceae > Genus: Acacia

Acacia dealbata (Silver wattle) Acacia dealbata (Silver wattle)

The alien invasive Acacia dealbata flowering in fynbos along the stream in Cloete's Pass through the Langeberg Mountains, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Native to southeastern Australia. Classified as a Category 1 invasive plant in the Western Cape and a Category 2 invader in the rest of South Africa.