Acacia ligulata is a flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is a dense, rounded shrub with bright yellow flower heads and is widespread in all states of mainland Australia. Its common names include sandhill wattle, umbrella bush, marpoo, dune wattle, small coobah, wirra, and watarrka (also spelt watarka).
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Dune 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 rostellifera
- Acacia hakeoides
- Acacia cupularis
- Acacia dodonaeifolia
- Acacia cochlearis
- Acacia farinosa
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Fabales
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Acacia
- Species
- Acacia ligulata
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