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Acacia rigens

 
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Acacia rigens - nealie, needle bush-wattle, needle wattle, wallaby acacia, Tasmanian prickly Moses
Image: Moore, Dawn - NBGW
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Common name: nealie, needle bush-wattle, needle wattle, wallaby acacia, Tasmanian prickly Moses
Family: Fabaceae subfam. Caesalpinioideae
Distribution: Australia
Habitat: Forest, Shrubland
IUCN Red list: Least concern
Life form: Evergreen shrub/sub-shrub • Llwyn bytholwyrdd
Geirdarddiad / Etymology: Acacia (a-KAY-see-uh): Greek; akis (a point or barb).
Geirdarddiad / Etymology: rigens (RIG-ens): Rigid.
Description: Beautiful spreading shrub to 2 metres by 3 metres across. Silvery-grey terete phyllodes to 8 centimetres and golden ball-shaped flowers in spring.
Links: Flora of Australia

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