Acacia baileyana, commonly known as Cootamundra wattle, Bailey's wattle or golden mimosa, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to a restricted area of New South Wales,
Frederick Manson Bailey was an Australian botanist who made valuable contributions to the characterisation of the flora of Queensland. He was known by his middle name, Manson. The standard author abbr
Acacia baileyana
…described in 1888 by Ferdinand von Mueller on the Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria. The specific epithet (baileyana) honour Frederick Manson Bailey, who sent the type specimens to von Mueller. Cootamundra wattle is endemic to the Temora-Cootamundra district where it grows in open forest, woodland…