Kangaroo Thorn: Flower

Class:

Plants (Plantae) - Land Plants (Charophyta) - Land Plants (Equisetopsida)

Order:

Legumes (Fabales)

Family:

Legume (Fabaceae or Leguminosae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Kangaroo Thorn (Acacia paradoxa)

This Photo:

🔍Flower🔎

Other name:

Prickly wattle

Thank you Asimakis Patitsas for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found in the Murray Mallee SA, Adelaide Hills, Coastal Areas and possibly elsewhere
A lot of people don't like this plant because of it's thorns.
It is incredibly imporant habitat for small animals and birds. More common in the Adelaide Hills than in the Murraylands.
It's the perfect plant to revegetate blackberry outbreaks.

This species is classed as

RA (Rare)

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

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