Acacia spectabilis

{{Short description|Species of legume}}

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|image = Acacia spectabilis.jpg

| status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group. |author2=Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI). |year=2020 |title=Acacia spectabilis |volume=2020 |page=e.T177369763A177369765 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T177369763A177369765.en |access-date=11 December 2024}}

|genus = Acacia

|species = spectabilis

|authority = A.Cunn. ex Benth.{{cite web |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/rest/name/apni/70543 |title=Acacia spectabilis |access-date=11 December 2024 |work=Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database |publisher=Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra }}

|synonyms = Racosperma spectabile (A.Cunn. ex Benth.) Pedley

|range_map = Acacia spectabilisDistMap834.png

|range_map_caption = Occurrence data from AVH

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Acacia spectabilis, commonly known as Mudgee wattle, is an erect or spreading shrub, endemic to Australia.{{cite web |url=http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Acacia~spectabilis |title=Acacia spectabilis |accessdate=2009-08-22 |author=|work= PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia}}

It grows to between 1.5 and 4 metres high and has pinnate leaves. The bright-yellow globular flowerheads appear in axillary racemes, mostly between July and November in its native range. These are followed by thin leathery pods which are 4–17 cm long and 10–19 mm wide.

The species occurs naturally in dry sclerophyll forest and heath in New South Wales and Queensland and is commonly cultivated.