#prickly moses

• Prickly moses — A species of small thorny shrub endemic to southwestern Western Australia, remarkable for its ecological value and delicate beauty. The plant features true, finely divided, deep green bipinnate leaves, protected by sharp stipular spines located at the stem nodes. Popularly known as the 'prickly moses', this species is famous not only for its brilliant golden-yellow globular inflorescences, but also for its unique capacity to fix nitrogen in the soil and to display a natural resistance against the destructive attacks of the dieback fungus Phytophthora cinnamomi.