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Acacia melleodora Pedley

Reference
Austrobaileya 1:205-206 (1978)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Shrub, to 3 m high, phyllodes coriaceous, stiff, straight, 3-4.5 cm long, (5-)7-10(-12) mm wide, heads globular. Fl. yellow, May to Sep. Red sand, laterite. Dunes, sandplains.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 11 December 2000
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Central Ranges, Gascoyne, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Tanami, Victoria Bonaparte.
IBRA Subregions
Augustus, Central, Chichester, Dune Field, Eastern Murchison, Fortescue, Hamersley, Keep, Lateritic Plain, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, McLarty, Roebourne, Rudall, South Kimberley Interzone, Tanami Desert, Trainor.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Broome, East Pilbara, Halls Creek, Karratha, Laverton, Ngaanyatjarraku, Port Hedland, Wiluna, Wyndham-East Kimberley.