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The Western Australian Herbarium’s collections management system, WAHerb, and DBCA’s taxonomic names application, WACensus, have been set to read-only mode since 1 October 2025. Recent taxonomic changes are not reflected in Florabase, herbarium collections, or in the census. We are hoping to be able to reinstate services around December 15; we will provide an update at that time.

The notice period started at 9:00 am on Wednesday, 1 October 2025 +08:00 and will end at 12:00 pm on Monday, 15 December 2025 +08:00.

Acacia pyrifolia var. morrisonii Maiden

Reference
J.Proc.Roy.Soc.New S.Wales 51:248 (1917)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Obconic, rigid, erect shrub, to 4.5 m high, bark smooth grey on main stems, upper branches yellow; flower heads globular. Fl. yellow, Jul or Aug. Alluvial sand, coarse red-brown sand, pebbly sand, brown loamy clay, skeletal soil, sandstone. Undulating plains, along rivers and creeks, in creek beds.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 24 February 2006

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Gascoyne, Pilbara.
IBRA Subregions
Augustus, Cape Range, Chichester, Fortescue, Hamersley, Roebourne, Wooramel.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Carnarvon, East Pilbara, Karratha, Meekatharra, Port Hedland, Upper Gascoyne.