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{{SPlantbox
 
{{SPlantbox
 
|familia=Fabaceae
 
|familia=Fabaceae
|genus=Acacia  
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|genus=Acacia
|species=pulchella  
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|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
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|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
 
|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
 
|max_zone=11
 
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|image=Upload.png
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|image=Acacia pulchella.jpg
 
|image_width=240
 
|image_width=240
 
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Describe the plant here...
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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]].
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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.
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The name "prickly moses" is said to be a corruption of "prickly mimosa".
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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==
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==Varieties==
 
==Varieties==
 
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There are four recognised varieties:
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* [[Acacia pulchella var. glaberrima|''A.&nbsp;p.'' var. ''glaberrima'']]
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* [[Acacia pulchella var. goadbyi|''A.&nbsp;p.'' var. ''goadbyi'']]
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* [[Acacia pulchella var. pulchella|''A.&nbsp;p.'' var. ''pulchella'']]
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* [[Acacia pulchella var. reflexa|''A.&nbsp;p.'' var. ''reflexa'']]
    
==Gallery==
 
==Gallery==

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