Classification
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Acacia verticillata (L'Hér.) Willd. (1806)
Synonymy:
  • Mimosa verticillata L'Hér., Sert. Angl. 30 (1789)
  • Racosperma verticillatum (L'Hér.) Mart. nom. illeg., nom. nud.
Vernacular Name(s):
Prickly Moses; Prickly-leaved wattle
 Description

Shrub to small tree; twigs ribbed, sparsely to densely hairy. Lvs reduced to phyllodes, mostly verticillate; phyllodes ± glabrous or ciliate about veins and margins, linear to elliptic, usually slightly asymmetric, acute and long-mucronate, entire, 6–17 × (0.5)–1–3–(4) mm, with one prominent vein and often 1–2 less prominent veins; stipules linear to triangular, mucronate, 1–2 mm long, not always conspicuous in mature plants. Fls 4-merous, pale yellow, solitary but concentrated in axillary cylindric spikes; spikes > lvs. Pod sparsely hairy, becoming ± glabrous when mature, ± straight or slightly curved, 50–100 × 2–4 mm; aril folded, somewhat thickened at base of seed.

[From: Webb et al. (1985) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4 as Racosperma verticillatum (L'Hér.) Mart.]

 Biostatus
Exotic
Number of subspecific taxa in New Zealand within Acacia verticillata (L'Hér.) Willd.
CategoryNumber
Exotic: Fully Naturalised1
Total1
 Bibliography
Biosecurity New Zealand 2012: Regional Pest Management Strategies Database. http://www.biosecurityperformance.maf.govt.nz/
Howell, C. 2008: Consolidated list of environmental weeds in New Zealand. DOC Research & Development Series 292: 42.
L’Héritier de Brutelle, C.-L. 1789: Sertum Anglicum. Didot, Paris.
Maslin, B.R. 2001: In: Orchard, A.E.; Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) Flora of Australia. 11B, Mimosaceae, Acacia part 2.