Prickly Swamp Wattle

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Acacia hastulata

Prickly Swamp Wattle, a reference photo
Photo: Cal Wood · CC BY 4.0 (licence)

Acacia hastulata is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is often an intricate shrub with crowded, sharply pointed, sometimes heart-shaped phyllodes, spherical heads of cream-coloured flowers and terete, curved pods narrowed at both ends.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Prickly Swamp 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 hastulata

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