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Acacia ancistrocarpa Maiden & Blakely
Fitzroy Wattle

Reference
J.Roy.Soc.Western Australia 13:31,Pl.21,Figs 1-6 (1928)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Spreading shrub or tree (occasionally), (0.6-)1-3(-5) m high. Fl. yellow, Mar to Aug. Often on red sandy soils. Along creeks, pindan or stony plains.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 11 July 1997
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Mallee, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Tanami.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Augustus, Cape Range, Chichester, Dune Field, Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Hamersley, Hart, Lateritic Plain, Mackay, McLarty, Mount Eliza, Pentecost, Pindanland, Roebourne, Rudall, South Kimberley Interzone, Tanami Desert, Trainor, Western Mallee, Wooramel.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Broome, Carnarvon, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Halls Creek, Karratha, Kondinin, Meekatharra, Ngaanyatjarraku, Port Hedland, Wiluna, Wyndham-East Kimberley.