Family: Mimosaceae

Scientific name: Acacia verticillata subsp. verticillata (forest form)

Common Name: Prickly Moses

Distribution: Tasmania, Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia

General Information: Shrub to small tree, phyllodes narrow-lanceolate with pungent tips, leaves in whorls. Flowering in July - November

Specimen: Found flowering in schlerophyll forest, Pelverata area, Tasmania, 2009.

Source: Launceston Field Naturalists Club 2008 A Guide to Flowers & Plants of Tasmania, 4th Edition, Reed New Holland, Chatswood.