Common name
English: Prickly Moses, Prickly-leaved Wattle
English: Prickly Moses, Prickly-leaved Wattle
Kingdom: Plantae (2633)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2537)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2145)
Order: Fabales (241)
Family: Fabaceae (241)(family description)
Genus: Acacia (11)
Epithet: verticillata (L'Her.)Willd. (6)
Synonym: Mimosa verticillata L'Her.
verticillata => whorled, three or more leaves springing from the same point
Climate: sub-tropical
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: shrub, tree
Flower colour: beige
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