Acacia celastrifolia

Glowing wattle
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Caesalpinioideae
Clade:	Mimosoid clade
Genus:	Acacia
Species:	A. celastrifolia
Binomial name
	Acacia celastrifolia; Benth.
	Occurrence data from AVH

Acacia celastrifolia, commonly known as the glowing wattle,^[1] is a shrub or tree belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Phyllodineae native to Western Australia.

The bushy shrub or tree typically grows to a height of 1 to 3 metres (3 to 10 ft).

seed pods form after flowering and are to around 12 cm (4.7 in) long and 3 to 4 millimetres (0.118 to 0.157 in) wide. The oblong glossy brown seeds within are 4 to 5 millimetres (0.157 to 0.197 in) in length.^[3]

A. celastrifolis is part of the Acacia myrtifolia group and is also closely related to Acacia clydonophora.^[3]

It is native to an area along in the South West and the Wheatbelt regions of Western Australia.^[2] It is found growing in sandy to gravelly lateritic or granitic soils amongst woodland or kwongan^[1] or on laterite hills as part of Eucalyptus (often Eucalyptus accedens) woodland communities.^[3]