Scientific Name: Acacia verticillata subsp. verticillata

Common Name: prickly moses

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Fabaceae

Form Description: Prickly woody shrub or small tree.

Height (m): 1 – 6

Flowers: Yellow cylindrical spikes in the leaf axils.

Fruit: Seed pod – long and thin without constriction between seeds.

Municipality
Break O’DayBurnieCentral CoastCentral HighlandsCircular HeadClarenceDerwent ValleyDevonportDorsetFlindersGeorge TownGlamorgan-Spring BayGlenorchyHobartHuon ValleyKentishKing IslandKingboroughLatrobeLauncestonMeander ValleyNorthern MidlandsSorellSouthern MidlandsTasmanWaratah-WynyardWest CoastWest Tamar
Plant Communities
Coastal VegetationRiparianWet Eucalypt Forest
Habitat Notes

Widespread especially in damp places.

Site Tolerance

Moist

Soil Tolerance

Loam, Sandy, Well-drained

Frost Tolerance

Hardy

General Notes

Bird attracting. Bee attracting. Susceptible to browsing by hares and rabbits. High flammability.

Propagation Calendar

  • Flowering Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Seed Collecting Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Sowing Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Cutting Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Propagation Method
Seed

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Collect seedpods when they have darkened and dried on the shrub. Store in a warm place in paper or cloth bags to encourage pods to open and drop seed.

Seed Storage Life

1-5 years

Germination Time

10-30 days