Bent-leaf Wattle

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Acacia flexifolia

Bent-leaf Wattle, a reference photo
Photo: Melburnian · CC BY 3.0 (licence)

Acacia flexifolia, commonly known as bent-leaf wattle, bent-leaved wattle or small winter wattle, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the east coast of Australia. It is a low-lying or spreading shrub with ascending to erect, linear to narrowly linear or lance-shaped phyllodes with the narrower end towards the base, spherical heads of pale yellow or lemon yellow flowers and narrowly linear, thinly leathery, curved pods.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Bent-leaf 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 flexifolia

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