The Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions's FloraBase features a photograph of this plant.
Indicator value
Where dominant, poverty bush is an indicator of poor pasture condition. It increases under heavy grazing pressure.
Forage value
Little or no forage value.
Habitat
Red sand, stony sand, clay soils.
General description
Poverty bush is a creeping dense shrub growing to 1m tall and up to 3m across. The leaves are up to 22mm long and 12mm wide and are S-shaped, rigid and sticky. The flowers are small, bright yellow and globe-shaped about 3mm long. The pods are held erect above foliage, flat and tapering to the base.
* Acacia stellaticeps is the new name for the plant formerly known as A. translucens; it is still the same poverty bush.