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|familia=Fabaceae
|familia=Fabaceae
|genus=Acacia
|genus=Acacia
|species=pulchella
|species=pulchella
|common_name=Western prickly Moses
|common_name=Western prickly Moses
|name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|max_zone=11
|max_zone=11
|image=Upload.png
|image=Acacia pulchella.jpg
|image_width=240
|image_width=240
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'''''Acacia pulchella''''', commonly known as '''prickly moses''', is a shrub in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Fabaceae]]. Endemic to [[Western Australia]], it is one of the most common shrubs of the bushland around [[Perth, Western Australia|Perth]] and in the [[Darling Scarp|Darling Range]].
Prickly moses is one of only a small number of ''[[Acacia]]'' [[species]] to have true leaves, rather than [[phyllode]]s. It has feathery, [[bipinnate]] leaves with leaflets up to 5 mm long. At the base of each leaf is one or two spines. The flower heads are bright yellow and spherical, with a diameter of up to 1 cm. It flowers in late winter and early spring.
The name "prickly moses" is said to be a corruption of "prickly mimosa".
Recent research suggests that ''A. pulchella'' may in some circumstances suppress the plant pathogen ''[[Phytophthora cinnamomi]]''.<ref> Arunodini Jayasekera, [http://wwwlib.murdoch.edu.au/adt/browse/view/adt-MU20061129.134500 ''Interactions between Phytophthora cinnamomi and Acacia pulchella: consequences on ecology and epidemiology of the pathogen''], Murdoch University, Western Australia, PhD thesis 2006</ref>
==Cultivation==
==Cultivation==
==Varieties==
==Varieties==
There are four recognised varieties:
* [[Acacia pulchella var. glaberrima|''A. p.'' var. ''glaberrima'']]
* [[Acacia pulchella var. goadbyi|''A. p.'' var. ''goadbyi'']]
* [[Acacia pulchella var. pulchella|''A. p.'' var. ''pulchella'']]
* [[Acacia pulchella var. reflexa|''A. p.'' var. ''reflexa'']]
==Gallery==
==Gallery==