What is the national flower of Australia?

The Golden Wattle (Acacia pycnantha) is Australia's national flower. The Golden Wattle blooms in spring, which begins in September in Australia, with large fluffy, yellow, sweet smelling flower heads. Each Golden Wattle flower head is a bunch of many tiny flowers. Acacias are popularly called Wattle.

The tiny Golden Wattle flowers have five very small petals, almost hidden by the long stamens, and are arranged in dense rounded or elongated clusters. The Golden Wattle flowers are yellow in most species, whitish in some, and are widely cultivated as ornamentals.

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Joy Holbrook

It's early September as I write and the wattle is flowering everywhere. My favourite is the Cootamundra Wattle, which has an almost fluoro yellow flower and beautiful grey/blue foliage.

Kathryn Cavanagh

And add to this that there is never any time of year when there are no Acacias [Wattles ] flowering somewhere in Australia. check it out folks, I am Australian and have travelled over a large area of this magnificent country and have seen it, and white or yellow or deep gold.

Georgia Kemp

Was looking for waratah.

Lisa Rodrigues

Thank you, Monty Python.

judy

Easy answer for an Aussie.

Kerry

First Bruce: This here's the wattle, the emblem of our land. You can stick it in a bottle, you can hold it in your hand. Everybruce: Amen

Char

I more knew what it wasn't

Char

Amy Niemann, I agree at least we'd know what it looks like..

Elizabeth A Marques Wall

Howard Groopman, You waffled and missed

Howard Groopman

Oh dear, got it wrong. Wattle I do now?

deborahpmercer

Sounds beautiful!

Richard G Schwartz

Kind of a funny name for a flower,then what do I know?

Claire Mitchell

Thank you for the info. I was in Australia for 37 days but never knew or encountered these flowers. I toured from Sydney, Alice Springs, and the Northern Territories, then back down the East Coast. I do not recall the tour guide mentioning any flower. Thank you again!