Wattyl - Wild flower of Australia is a photograph by Kaye Menner which was uploaded on September 26th, 2011.
Wattyl - Wild flower of Australia
Towards the end of Winter in Australia there are so many beautiful blooms of various varieties of yellow Wattle everywhere. ... more
by Kaye Menner
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Wattyl - Wild flower of Australia
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Kaye Menner
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Towards the end of Winter in Australia there are so many beautiful blooms of various varieties of yellow Wattle everywhere.
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[Extracts from Wikipedia]
Acacia pycnantha was made the official floral emblem of Australia in 1988, and has been featured on the country's postal stamps.
Acacia pycnantha, commonly known as the golden wattle, is a tree of the family Fabaceae native to southeastern Australia. It grows to a height of 8 m (26 ft) and has phyllodes (flattened leaf stalks) instead of true leaves. Sickle-shaped, these are between 9 and 15 cm (3 1⁄2 and 6 in) long, and 1-3.5 cm (1⁄2-1 1⁄2 in) wide. The profuse fragrant, golden flowers appear in late winter and spring, followed by long seed pods. Plants are cross-pollinated by several species of honeyeater and thornbill, which visit nectaries on the phyllodes and brush against flowers, transferring pollen between them. An understorey plant in eucalyptus forest, it is found from southern New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, through Victoria and into southeastern South Australia.
The genus Acacia belongs to the family Mimosaceae. There are some 1350 species of Acacia found throughout the world and close to 1000 of these are to be found in Australia. Commonly known as Wattle, Acacia is the largest genus of vascular plants in Australia. Australia's national floral emblem is Acacia pycnantha, the Golden Wattle. Wattle Day is celebrated on the 1st of September each year.
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