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Acacia verticillata

prickly Moses

Other common names
star acacia
whorl-leaved acacia
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Botanical details
Family
Fabaceae
Native to the UK
No
Genus

Acacia

Genus description

Acacia can be deciduous or evergreen trees, shrubs or climbers, with alternate, pinnately divided leaves or simple modified leaf-like stalks (phyllodes), and tiny, sometimes fragrant, flowers in short spikes, or in racemes or spikes of spherical heads

Name status

Correct

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