![]() | Sandhill Wattle Seed & Yellow Arial | Spine Bush Bush in Flower | ![]() | |||
Class: | Plants (Plantae) - Shrubs & Bushes | ||||
Order: | Fabales | ||||
Family: | Legume (Fabaceae or Leguminosae) | ||||
Species: | Spine Bush (Acacia nyssophylla) | ||||
This Photo: | Bush | ||||
Other names: | Pin Bush or Spinebush | ||||
General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Riverland and elsewhere Very similar to Wait-a-while, A. colletioides, except the leaves (phyllodes) have 16 parallel veins (nerves), not 8. Yellow flowers don't have petals, but are spherical/ball-shaped. Seeds come in long, flat pods a bit like beans. | |||||
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