Spine Bush: Close up on Buds & Leaves

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:

🔍Close up on Buds & Leaves🔎

Other names:

Pin Bush or Spinebush

Thank you Alan Dandie (Alan_Dandie) for confirming the id of this species for us

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)

This species is classed as

LC (Least Concern)

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

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