Acacia pulchella

Scientific name

Acacia pulchella

Common name

Prickly moses

Plant description

A shrub that can be erect or sprawling, with ferny leaves, not phyllodes. There are one or two spines at the leaf base. Unlike Acacia lasiocarpa this shrub is not salt-tolerant. A wattle that is beautiful and small – which is what the Latin name, pulchella means.

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Flower colour

Yellow

Flowering months

July to September