41. Plants grows to between 1 and 6 metres high and have rigid, terete phyllodes that are between 3 and 13 cm long. 42. Plants grow to between 1.5 and 3 metres high and have narrow phyllodes that are between 4 and 10 cm long. 43. The globular yellow flowerheads appear in racemes ( groups of 3 to 11 ) in the phyllode axils predominantly from June to December. 44. Prickly moses is one of only a small number of " Acacia " species to have true leaves, rather than phyllodes . 45. It grows to up to 2 metres high and has phyllodes which are 10 to 30 mm long and 2 4 mm wide. 46. It grows up to 15 17 metres high, with short horizontal branches and needle-like phyllodes adapted for the arid dry climate. 47. The needle-like phyllodes stand erect to avoid as much of the midday sun as possible and capture the cooler morning and evening light. 48. The shape of the phyllodes named the species " ligulata ", meaning strap-like or with a small tongue in Latin. 49. Its roots are host to witchetty grub The phyllodes are eaten by cattle and often defoliated by rabbits around the lower part of the plant. 50. Mutations in " MED12 " are associated to uterine and breast fibroepithelial tumors ( e . g . fibroadenoma and phyllodes tumors ).
