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Acacia cuthbertsonii Luehm.

Reference
Victorian Naturalist 13:117 (1897)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Bushy, often gnarled shrub or tree, 1-4(-5) m high, bark fissured, flaking off in brittle pieces. Fl. yellow, Jan or Apr or Jun to Dec. Rocky sand, clay. Gibber plains, stony rises, along creeks & drainage lines.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 13 September 1999
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Central Ranges, Gascoyne, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Tanami.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Augustus, Cape Range, Carnegie, Central, Dune Field, Eastern Murchison, Hamersley, Lateritic Plain, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, South Kimberley Interzone, Tanami Desert, Trainor, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Carnarvon, Cue, East Pilbara, Halls Creek, Laverton, Meekatharra, Murchison, Ngaanyatjarraku, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna.