Acacia aspera subsp. aspera

Putative hybrids between A. aspera subsp. aspera and possibly A. montana have been reported from the Whipstick north of Bendigo. They apparently resemble A. montana in phyllode characters but possess bracteoles and stipules very similar to those of A. aspera. Likewise hybrids between A. aspera subsp. aspera and A. verniciflua have been observed in remnant roadside vegetation along the Hume Highway south of Benalla. Plants are intermediate between the two parent species in phyllode size, shape, venation and tomentum, and bracteole length (see Piccinin et al. 2004).