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Acacia daphnifolia Meisn.

Reference
Bot.Zeit. 13:11 (1855)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Tree or shrub, to 4 m high, bark light grey to red-brown, smooth; phyllodes short, wide-spreading, oblanceolate. Fl. yellow, May to Jun. Red-brown clay to sandy clay, light brown sandy loam, red-brown sandy gravel, granite, laterite. Flats, low hills, along creek banks, edge of saline drainage channel, degraded road verge.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 8 December 2003
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Dandaragan Plateau, Edel, Geraldton Hills, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Perth, Tallering, Western Mallee.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Carnamah, Chapman Valley, Coorow, Dalwallinu, Dandaragan, Dowerin, Gingin, Greater Geraldton, Irwin, Koorda, Mingenew, Moora, Morawa, Mount Marshall, Northampton, Shark Bay, Three Springs, Yalgoo, Yilgarn.