Prickly Moses is a small shrub with prickly modified leaves making it useful as a barrier or hedge to deter humans or animals.

This protective environment can also provide shelter for small birds.

Flowering through autumn and winter to spring, Prickly Moses can give some extra colour in the garden through this period with its globular pale yellow blooms.

Prickly Moses is found in dry sclerophyll forests and woodlands in sandy soils.