Acacia ausfeldii, commonly known as Ausfeld's wattle or whipstick cinnamon wattle, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is an erect or spreading shrub with narrowly elliptic, linear or lance-shaped phyllodes with the narrower end towards the base, spherical heads of bright yellow flowers arranged in axils, and straight, firmly papery pods up to 100 mm (3.9 in) long.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Whipstick Cinnamon 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.
Easily confused with
- Acacia montana
- Acacia ixiophylla
- Acacia verniciflua
- Acacia lanigera
- Acacia rostriformis
- Acacia sclerophylla
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Fabales
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Acacia
- Species
- Acacia ausfeldii
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