Synonyms:

• (=) Acacia cyanophylla Lindl.
• Basionym: Mimosa saligna Labill.
• (≡) Racosperma salignum (Labill.) Pedley

Common names:

• blue-leaf wattle  (Source: Dict Rehm) - English
• golden-wreath wattle  (Source: World Econ Pl) - English
• orange wattle  (Source: Aust Pl Common Names) - English
• Port Jackson wattle  (Source: Dict Rehm) - English
• Port Jackson-willow  (Source: Weeds SAfr 2001) - English
• silver wattle  (Source: Aust Pl Common Names) - English
• weeping wattle  (Source: Hortus 3) - English
• Western Australian golden wattle  (Source: Aust Pl Common Names) - English
• willow wattle  (Source: Aust Pl Common Names) - English
• blåakacia  (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish
• tårakacia  (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish

Economic Importance:

• Environmental: erosion control (fide Aust Syst Bot 16:49-55. 2003)
• Environmental: potential for agroforestry (fide Aust Syst Bot 16:49-55. 2003)
• Environmental: revegetator (fide Aust Syst Bot 16:49-55. 2003)
• Human food: potential as gum/mucilage (fide Trop Leg)
• Fuels: fuelwood (fide Firewood Cr)
• Materials: tannin/dyestuff (fide Mansf Ency)
• Weed: (fide Invasive Pl Spec; Weeds SAfr 2001)

Distributional Range:

Native

Australasia

• AUSTRALIA: Australia [Western Australia (s.w. & s.)]


Cultivated

Africa

• NORTHERN AFRICA: Libya
• SOUTHERN AFRICA: South Africa

Asia-Temperate

• WESTERN ASIA: Turkey

Australasia

• AUSTRALIA: Australia (e.)

Europe

• SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Italy (s.)

Northern America

• United States (w.)

Southern America

• SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Uruguay


Naturalized

Africa

• Africa

Australasia

• AUSTRALIA: Australia (e.)

Northern America

• United States (w.)

References:

1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource on www.skud.info). 2012 (Kulturvaxtdatabas)
2. Byrne, M. & L. Broadhurst 2003. Genetic diversity and the utilisation of Acacia species complexes in agroforestry in Western Australia Austral. Syst. Bot. 16:49-55.
3. Hanelt, P., ed. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6. 2001 (Mansf Ency)
4. Henderson, L. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12. 2001 (Weeds SAfr 2001)
5. Hnatiuk, R. J. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11. (L Aust)
6. Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS) Australian plant common name database (on-line resource). (Aust Pl Common Names)
7. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium Hortus third. 1976 (Hortus 3)
8. National Academy of Sciences Tropical legumes: resources for the future. 1979 (Trop Leg)
9. National Academy of Sciences Firewood crops. Shrub and tree species for energy production. 1980 (Firewood Cr)
10. Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994 (Dict Rehm)

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=981. Accessed 7 junio 2026.