Spine Bush: Whole Bush

Class:

Plant (Plantae) - Shrubs & Bushes

Order:

Fabales

Family:

Legume (Fabaceae or Leguminosae)

Species:

Spine Bush (Acacia nyssophylla)

This Photo:

Whole Bush

Other names:

Pin Bush or Spinebush

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee)
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.

This species is classed as

LC (Least Concern)

in the Murray Mallee, by DENR (Regional Species Status Assessments, July 2010)

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