Fabaceae
Prickly Moses
Acacia pulchella
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Acacia
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Common names
By language (4)
- arz
- اكاسيا بولشيلا
- Chinese
- 美丽相思, 美丽金合欢
- English
- Prickly Moses
- German
- Echte Akazie
Synonyms
- Acacia denudata var. spinosissima Meissner
- Acacia pulchella f. typica E.Pritz.
- Mimosa pulchella (R.Br.) Poir.
- Racosperma pulchellum (R.Br.) Pedley
Photos
Photo: h3 six, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: User:JarrahTree, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: h3 six, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: User:JarrahTree, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jardí Botànic de Barcelona, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: MargaretRDonald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: MargaretRDonald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.