| Alpine wattle | |
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| In the Australian National Botanic Gardens | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Caesalpinioideae |
| Clade: | Mimosoid clade |
| Genus: | Acacia |
| Species: | A. alpina
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| Binomial name | |
| Acacia alpina | |
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| Occurrence data from AVH | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Acacia alpina, commonly known as alpine wattle[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to alpine and subalpine regions of south-eastern continental Australia. It is an erect or spreading shrub or tree with egg-shaped or broadly egg-shaped phyllodes with the narrower end towards the base, flowers arranged in 1 or 2 racemes in the axils of phyllodes, each with cylindrical to oblong, usually pale yellow flowers, and thin-walled, gently curved or coiled pods 30–80 mm (1.2–3.1 in) long.
- ^ a b "Acacia alpina". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ Harden, Gwen J.; Kodela, Phillip G. "Acacia alpina". Royal Botnic Garden, Sydney. Retrieved 12 June 2024.