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Common name

English: Prickly Moses, Prickly-leaved Wattle

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2659)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)

      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

Characteristics

Climate: sub-tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: shrub, tree

Flower colour: beige

External links

Check for Acacia verticillata at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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