Acacia farinosa, commonly known as mealy wattle, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to south-eastern continental Australia. It is a rounded shrub with terete, glabrous branchlets, oblanceolate to linear phyllodes, spherical heads of golden yellow flowers and linear, curved and twisted, crusty pods.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Mealy 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 farinosa
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