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Acacia colletioides Benth.
Wait-a-while

Reference
London J.Bot. 1:336 (1842)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Rigid, spreading, dense to diffuse, prickly shrub, 0.5-3(-4) m high. Fl. yellow, Jul to Sep. Variety of soils.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 17 July 1997
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Gascoyne, Geraldton Sandplains, Gibson Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Murchison, Nullarbor, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Carnegie, Central, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Murchison, Edel, Geraldton Hills, Lateritic Plain, Maralinga, Mardabilla, Merredin, Nullarbor Plain, Shield, Southern Cross, Tallering.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Bruce Rock, Chapman Valley, Coolgardie, Corrigin, Dalwallinu, Dowerin, Dundas, Greater Geraldton, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kellerberrin, Koorda, Laverton, Leonora, Menzies, Merredin, Morawa, Mount Marshall, Mukinbudin, Narembeen, Northampton, Nungarin, Perenjori, Shark Bay, Trayning, Westonia, Wiluna, Wongan-Ballidu, Wyalkatchem, Yalgoo, Yilgarn.