Acacia verticillata (Prickly Moses)

Acacia verticillata

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Acacia verticillata. Starlight Reserve, Rowville Victoria

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Specimen in cultivation at the Wilhelma Zoologisch-Botanische Garten, Stuttgart, Germany.

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PRICKLY MOSES FACTS

distribution map showing range of Acacia verticillata in Australia

Map is from The Atlas of Living Australia web site, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License

Common Name
Prickly Moses

Other Names
Prickly-Leaved Wattle, Star-Leaved Acacia, Prickly Mimosa, Whorl-Leaved Acacia

Description
Prickly Moses is a shrub to small tree that grows from 2 m to 5 m tall. Several subspecies exist. The phyllodes vary in shape amongst the different subspecies. Yellow or pale-yellow flowers are produced in spring, summer and winter. The flowers appear in cylindrical spikes.

Habitat
wet sclerophyll forest, dry sclerophyll forest, heathland

Distribution
Prickly Moses is found in south-eastern New South Wales, southern Victoria, south easy South Australia, Tasmania

Growth Characteristics
Height: 2m - 5m
Spread: 3m - 4m

Propagation
scarified seed

Wildlife Interest
attracts birds

Classification

Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Mimosaceae
Genus:	Acacia
Species:	verticillata
Common Name:	Prickly Moses

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  Acacia acinacea
  Acacia acradenia
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  Acacia amoena
  Acacia aneura
  Acacia aulacocarpa
  Acacia auriculiformis
  Acacia baileyana
  Acacia beckleri
  Acacia boormanii
  Acacia brachybotrya
  Acacia brachystachya
  Acacia buxifolia
  Acacia caesiella
  Acacia calamifolia
  Acacia cardiophylla
  Acacia chrysocephala
  Acacia cognata
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