Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
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Acacia brownii
Prickly Moses, Heath wattle
Fabaceae
Dry forest, woodland, and heath. Coast and ranges. Tablelands north of Deua National Park.
Dwarf shrub to 1 m tall, occasionally prostrate. Branchlets more or less cylindrical, hairless or sparsely hairy. Sharp-pointed 'leaves'. 'Leaves' scattered, widely spaced, 0.8-2.5 cm long, 0.5-1.5 mm wide, square to more or less flat in cross section, leaves hairless, gradually tapering to a sharp point. Stipules usually less than 1 mm long, frequently falling early. Flower heads globular, bright yellow, 12-40 flowered (easiest seen in late buds), 5-10 mm in diameter, on stalks 7-20 mm long. Flowers Winter to Spring.
Family was Mimosaceae.
Intergrades with Acacia ulicifolia.
Spelled Acacia brownei in Terry Tame: Acacias of Southeast Australia (1992) Kenthurst NSW, Kangaroo Press
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Acacia~brownii (accessed 3 April, 2021)
World Wide Wattle line drawings, photos, and description: http://www.worldwidewattle.com/imagegallery/image.php?p=0&l=b&id=20561&o=1
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