Fabaceae
Prickly Moses
Acacia verticillata
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Acacia
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Common names
By language (3)
- English
- Prickly Moses, Creeping Moses
- Persian
- اقاقیا ورتیکیلاتا
- Russian
- Акация мутовчатая
Synonyms
- Acacia verticillata var. angusta DC.
- Mimosa verticillaris Batsch
- Mimosa verticillata L'Hér.
- Phyllodoce verticillata (L'Hér.) Link
- Racosperma verticillatum (L'Her.) C.Mart.
- Racosperma verticillatum (L'Hér.) Pedley
- Racosperma verticillatum var. verticillatum
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: A. Barra, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dryas, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Tann from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Tann from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Tann from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Tann from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Tann from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DavidFrancis34 from Australia, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wilcox, Mike, CC BY 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.