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Acacia pycnantha

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The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/September 1, 2015 by Brianboulton (talk) 10:50, 16 August 2015 (UTC)



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 (25 ft) and has Sickle-shaped phyllodes (flattened leaf stalks) instead of true leaves. 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. Explorer Thomas Mitchell collected the type specimen, from which George Bentham wrote the species description in 1842. Its bark produces more tannin than any other wattle species, resulting in its commercial cultivation for production of this compound. It has been widely grown as an ornamental garden plant and for cut flower production, but has become a weed in South Africa, Tanzania, Italy, Portugal, Sardinia, India, Indonesia, New Zealand, as well as Western Australia, Tasmania and New South Wales. Acacia pycnantha was made the official floral emblem of Australia in 1988, and has been featured on the country's postal stamps.
 * Most recent similar article(s): 20 July (Telopea oreades)
 * Main editors: Casliber, Melburnian
 * Promoted: 31 October 2014
 * Reasons for nomination: 1st September is Wattle Day nationally in Australia....and this is Australia's national floral emblem as well...
 * Support as nominator. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:50, 19 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Support Wattle Day was a particularly important day for remembrance during the early years of World War I, and the first Australian memorial to soldiers killed in the Gallipoli campaign was built by Wattle Day organisers in South Australia and dedicated in September 1915. Peacemaker67 (crack... thump) 22:54, 1 August 2015 (UTC)