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Water Wattle

Acacia retinodes

Found in disturbed upland areas. FloraQuest, phone app (app page) What its natural habitat tells you

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Not native

Not native to Florida. How scores work Is it native here?

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At a glance

Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Light · Soil · Life cycle · Leaves · Bloom

This plant is missing most of its facts, so Quercus is looking them up in old botany books.

Recorded in 1 Florida county.

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

26CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including FL

Genus host records with ranges including FL · Acacia

  • Ascalapha odorataBlack Witch
  • Citheronia regalisRoyal Walnut Moth, Hickory Horned Devil
  • Coxina cinctipalpisBlack-Waved Owlet
  • Cryptothelea gloveriiOrange Bagworm
  • Cyclargus ammonNickerbean Blue, Miami Blue
  • Cyclophora nanariaDwarf Tawny Wave
  • Epargyreus clarusSilver-Spotted Skipper
  • Erechthias minusculaCaribbean Scavenger Moth
  • Feltia repletaReplete Dart
  • Fundella pellucensCaribbean Podborer
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  • Iridopsis humariaSmall Purplish Gray
  • Megalopyge opercularisSouthern Flannel Moth, Puss Caterpillar
  • Melipotis cellarisBookend Melipotis, Cellar Melipotis, Cellar Graphic
  • Ministrymon aziaGray Ministreak, Azia Hairstreak, Light-Banded Hairstreak
  • Phoebis phileaOrange-Barred Sulphur
  • Platynota rostranaOmnivorous Platynota
  • Pleuroprucha insulsariaCommon Tan Wave
  • Psamatodes abydataDot-Lined Angle
  • Pyrisitia niseMimosa Yellow, Blacktip Sulphur, Jamaican Sulphur
  • Selenisa sueroidesTailpipes, Pale-Edged Selenisa Moth
  • Spodoptera frugiperdaFall Armyworm Moth
  • Spodoptera latifasciaOrange-Striped Armyworm, Velvet Armyworm Moth
  • Tyrissa multilineaThe Bravo, Multi-Lined Tyrissa
  • Uresiphita reversalisGenista Caterpillar, Genista Cbroom Moth
  • Apotoforma rotundipennis
  • Cydia largo
Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
—BeesSoutheastern regional records
—Specialist beesPollen specialists
—BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim
Growing and identification

Plant details

Family
Fabaceae

Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.

Conservation status

Florida rankNot available
Global rankNot available
FL statusNot verified
Federal statusNot verified

Conservation source

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