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Mimosa

            Acacia dealbata (Silver Wattle) is a species of Acacia, native to southeastern Australia in New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, and the Australian Capital Territory.It is a fast growing evergreen tree or shrub growing up to 30 m tall, typically a pioneer species after fire. The leaves are bipinnate, glaucous blue-green to silvery grey, 1–12 cm (occasionally to 17 cm) long and 1–11 cm broad, with 6–30 pairs of pinnae, each pinna divided into 10–68 pairs of leaflets; the leaflets are 0.7–6 mm long and 0.4–1 mm broad. The flowers are produced in large racemose inflorescences made up of numerous smaller globose bright yellow flowerheads of 13–42 individual flowers. The fruit is a flattened pod 2–11.5 cm long and 6–14 mm broad, containing several seeds. Trees generally do not live longer than 30 to 40 years, after which in the wild they are succeeded by other species where bushfires are excluded.Acacia dealbata is widely cultivated as an ornamental plant in warm temperate regions of the world, and is naturalised in some areas, including southwestern Western Australia, southeastern South Australia, Norfolk Island, the Mediterranean region, and California.It is the florist's "Mimosa". The flowers are also frequently given to women on International Women's Day.

La Mimosa (Acacia dealbata) è una pianta che appartiene alla famiglia delle Fabaceae.È molto utilizzata come pianta ornamentale grazie alla sua splendida e profumata fioritura con fiori molto delicati che rappresentano il simbolo delle donne, infatti il suo ramo fiorito viene offerto alle donne il giorno dell'8 marzo: Festa della donna.È una pianta originaria dell'isola di Tasmania in Australia e per le sue meravigliose caratteristiche come pianta ornamentale ha avuto un facile sviluppo in Europa a partire dal XIX secolo dove oggi prospera quasi spontanea. In Italia è molto sviluppata lungo la Riviera ligure in Toscana e in tutto il meridione, ma anche sulle coste dei laghi del nord. È una pianta molto delicata che desidera terreni freschi, ben drenati, tendenzialmente acidi soprattutto per una buona fioritura. Cresce preferibilmente in aree con clima temperato, teme inverni molto rigidi per lungo tempo sotto lo zero che possono provocarne la morte.

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Taken on: January 25, 2007

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Camera: Panasonic DMC-FX7, f/4.2, 1/60 sec, 12.3mm, ISO 80 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Panasonic DMC-FX7
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Flash:	Auto, Fired, Red-eye reduction
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