Acacia saligna

Golden wreath wattle, Golden Wreath Wattle

Family: Fabaceae · Type: shrub · Not Native

Conservation status: Cal-IPC Yes

Golden wreath wattle is a naturalized shrub found in southern coastal and western Transverse Ranges regions in disturbed areas and coastal dunes at elevations below 100 meters. Flowering from March to May, this plant produces bright golden yellow flowers in small heads 8 to 12 millimeters wide arranged in racemes. Growing as a small shrub or tree up to 5 meters tall with distinctively silver-blue angled twigs, it has an unarmed structure. Its simple leaves are linear to narrowly elliptic, 7 to 21 centimeters long and 4 to 25 millimeters wide, with a prominent midvein and a noticeable gland at the leaf petiole base. The fruit is a flat, dark brown pod 8 to 12 centimeters long with a papery texture.

Habitat: Uncommon. Disturbed areas, coastal dunes

Bloom period: Mar-May

Elevation: < 100 m

Bioregions: SCo, WTR

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.