Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

Acacia echinula

Flowering stem. Photographer Don Wood, South Pacific Heathland Reserve, Ulladulla

Leafy stem. Photographer John Tann, Royal National Park, Sydney

Shrub. Photographer John Tann, Royal National Park south of Sydney

Common name

Hedgehog wattle

Family

Fabaceae

Where found

Dry forest and heath. Tablelands north of Moss Vale. Coast and ranges north from Ulladulla.

Notes

Shrub, sprawling or to 2 m tall. Branchlets more or less cylindrical, resinous, hairy. Sharp-pointed 'leaves'. 'Leaves' scattered, rather crowded, often almost whorled, 0.5-1.4 cm long, 1-1.5 mm wide, more or less rigid, more or less straight, cylindrical to flattened cylindrical, surfaces hairless, leaves abruptly tapering to a sharp point. Flower heads yellow to orange, globular, 25-42 flowered, 5-11 mm in diameter, single, on stalks 5-15 mm long. Flowers Winter to Spring.

Family was Mimosaceae.

Intergrades with Acacia ulicifolia.

PlantNET description:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Acacia~echinula  (accessed 29 April 2021)

World Wide Wattle line drawings, photos, and description:  http://www.worldwidewattle.com/imagegallery/image.php?p=0&l=e&id=23637&o=1