![]() | Spine Bush New Stem & Leaves | Spine Bush Buds & Leaves | ![]() | |||
Animals Plants Info |
Class: | Plants (Plantae) - Land Plants (Charophyta) - Land Plants (Equisetopsida) | |||||||||||||||
Order: | Legumes (Fabales) | |||||||||||||||
Family: | Legume (Fabaceae or Leguminosae) iNaturalist Observation | |||||||||||||||
Species: | Spine Bush (Acacia nyssophylla)This Photo: | 🔍Phylloids, Peduncle, Flowers, Buds🔎 | Other names: | Pin Bush or Spinebush | Thank you Alan Dandie (Alan_Dandie) for confirming the id of this species for us EXTRA - Photo Specific Information: Notice the 16 fine nerves compared with the 8 of the wait-a-while bush (A. colletioides). Also, the base of the leaf / phyllode thickens here. 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. Flowers are not in receme's but on peduncles, usually 2 per leaf axis. Similar Species: Veined Wait-a-while (Acacia colletioides)
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