Veined Wait-a-while
Habit
Thorn Wattle
Whole, small
Animals
Plants
Info
| Veined Wait-a-while Habit | | Thorn Wattle Whole, small | | ||
Animals Plants Info |
 | Class: | Plants (Plantae) - Land Plants (Charophyta) - Land Plants (Equisetopsida) | ||||||||||||
| Order: | Legumes (Fabales) | |||||||||||||
| Family: | Legume (Fabaceae or Leguminosae) iNaturalist Observation | |||||||||||||
| Species: | Veined Wait-a-while (Acacia colletioides)| This Photo: | 🔍Leaf🔎 | Thank you Tony and Jenny Dominelli (Cinclosoma) for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found in the Murray Mallee SA, Riverland and possibly elsewhere The leaves (phyllodes) have 8 parallel veins (nerves). Sorry about the yellow colour of the close ups, they were taken in drought, not a diagnostic of the species. While they are classed as Least Concern we've only ever seen them once. They are nearly impossible to separate from Spinebush from a distance, so you need to take a close look at the phyllodes of everyone you see. We've done this with all our Spinebushes on Ellura and not a colletioides to be found. The name comes from a local legend that if you ever fell into one you'll have to wait-a-while for someone else to pull you out. They are so prickly that trying to push yourself off the bush would be extremely painful! Similar Species: Spine Bush (Acacia nyssophylla)
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