Acacia genistifolia commonly known as spreading wattle or early wattle, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is an open, erect, straggly or spreading shrub with sessile, more or less rigid, sharply pointed phyllodes, spherical heads of cream-coloured to rich lemon yellow flowers, and linear, thinly leathery pods raised over the seeds.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Spreading Wattle being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
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Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Fabales
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Acacia
- Species
- Acacia genistifolia
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