SPECIES

Photos and information about the species we grow,
and perhaps about a few we might like to grow in the future

Acacia divergens Sail-boat Wattle Dunsborough Photos: Cathy Pinner
Bushland scenes with Acacia divergens, Acacia pulchella, Kennedia coccinea, ... in the Dunsborough photo gallery. The bright yellow is Acacia pulchella, the creamy-yellow Acacia divergens.
A map showing the distribution of Mimosaceae in Western Australia here. There is a page on the Mimosaceae family in Flora of Australia Online. A note on the Mimosaceae family in the Wikipedia here. - showing Mimisoideae as a subfamily of the family Fabaceae. This is not a 'mistake', but a different classification system, APGII.]	A map showing the distribution of Acacia in Western Australia here. A note on the Acacia genus in the Wikipedia A general ANBG page on the genus Acacia. There are entries on the genus Acacia and the species Acacia littorea in Flora of Australia Online.
	There are around 1000 acacia species in Australia.
References: FloraBase Wattle MABBERLEY, D.J. (1987/1997) The Plant Book, Cambridge University Press. WHEELER, J. et al (2002) Flora of the South West – Bunbury/Augusta/Denmark, Australian Biological Resources Study, University of Western Australia Press.

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