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Acacia cowleana Tate
Halls Creek Wattle

Reference
Rep.Horn Sci.Exped. 3:157,187 (1896)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect, sometimes spindly shrub or tree, 1-7 m high. Fl. yellow, Jun to Aug. Variety of soils. Often along drainage lines.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 23 July 1997
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Great Sandy Desert, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Tanami, Victoria Bonaparte.
IBRA Subregions
Chichester, Hamersley, Mackay, McLarty, Pentecost, Pindanland, South Kimberley Interzone.
IMCRA Regions
Pilbara (offshore).
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Broome, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Halls Creek, Port Hedland.